Bibcode
Garzón, F.; Castro-Rodríguez, N.; Insausti, M.; López-Martín, L.; Hammersley, P.; Barreto, M.; Fernández, P.; Joven, E.; López, P.; Mato, A.; Moreno, H.; Núñez, M.; Patrón, J.; Rasilla, J. L.; Redondo, P.; Rosich, J.; Pascual, S.; Grange, R.
Referencia bibliográfica
Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Proceedings of the XI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on September 8-12, 2014, in Teruel, Spain, ISBN 978-84-606-8760-3. A. J. Cenarro, F. Figueras, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, J. Trujillo Bueno, and L. Valdivielso (eds.), p. 731-742
Fecha de publicación:
5
2015
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Descripción
EMIR is one of the first common user instruments for the GTC, the 10
meter telescope operating at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La
Palma, Canary Islands, Spain). EMIR is being built by a Consortium of
Spanish and French institutes led by the Instituto de Astrofísica
de Canarias (IAC). EMIR is primarily designed to be operated as a MOS in
the K band, but offers a wide range of observing modes, including
imaging and spectroscopy, both long slit and multi--object, in the
wavelength range 0.9 to 2.5 μm. The principal units and features of
the EMIR instrument are listed and the main results of the verification
performed so far are discussed. EMIR is now at the middle of its System
Verification Phase, and is due for first commissioning at the GTC in mid
2015. This contribution reports on the results achieved so far during
the verification phase at the IAC prior to its shipment to the GTC for
being commissioned. The development and fabrication of EMIR is funded by
GRANTECAN and the Plan Nacional de Astronomía y
Astrofísica (National Plan for Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Spain).