Bibcode
Cepa, Jordi; Aguiar, Marta; Escalera, Victor G.; Gonzalez-Serrano, Ignacio; Joven-Alvarez, Enrique; Peraza, Lorenzo; Rasilla, Jose Luis; Rodriguez-Ramos, Luis F.; Gonzalez, J. Jesus; Cobos Duenas, Francisco J.; Sanchez, Beatriz; Tejada, Carlos; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Militello, Carmelo; Rosa, Fernando
Referencia bibliográfica
Proc. SPIE Vol. 4008, p. 623-631, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, Masanori Iye; Alan F. Moorwood; Eds.
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2000
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207
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190
Descripción
The Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integrated
Spectroscopy (OSIRIS) will be a Day-One instrument of the Spanish 10.4 m
telescope Gran Telescopio Canarias, whose first light is planned for
2002. GTC will be installed at the Observatorio del Roque de los
Muchachos in La Palma, Spain. OSIRIS three primary modes are imaging and
low resolution long slit and multiple object spectroscopy. The
instrument is designed to operate from 365 to 1000 nm with a field of
view of 7 by 7 arcminutes and a maximum spectral resolution of 5000.
Among the OSIRIS main features are the use of tunable filters for direct
imaging, the use of Volume Phase Holographic Gratings as dispersive
elements for spectroscopy, and the implementation of an articulated
camera to provide maximum spectroscopic efficiency and versatility. Here
we present a general description and an overview of the main instrument
characteristics.