Design and development of NIRSPEC: a near-infrared echelle spectrograph for the Keck II telescope

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Ian S. McLean · University of California, Los Angeles

E. E. Becklin · University of California, Los Angeles

Oddvar Bendiksen · University of California, Los Angeles

George Brims · University of California, Los Angeles

John Canfield · University of California, Los Angeles

Donald F. Figer · University of California, Los Angeles

James R. Graham

Abstract

The design and development of NIRSPEC, a near-IR echelle spectrograph for the Keck II 10-meter telescope is described. This instrument is a large, facility-class vacuum-cryogenic spectrometer with a resolving power of R equals 25,000 for a 0.4 inch slit. It employs diamond-machined metal optics and state-of-the-art IR array detectors for high throughput, together with powerful user-friendly software for ease of use.

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Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

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Published in: Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Volume 3354, pp. 566-566

DOI: 10.1117/12.317283

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 35.88

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