Current Telescopes/Instruments

Telescope and Instrument Lists for 2013B

The following telescope/instrument/detector combinations are available in 2013B. This list is revised twice a year and is published in the NOAO Newsletter and on http://www.noao.edu/noaoprop/help/facilities.html .

Instruments at Gemini Telescopes
Proposal Code Instrument/Detector
Gemini North
GMOS-N Gemini Optical Imager, Multi-Object Spectrograph and IFU
GNIRS Gemini Near Infra-Red Spectrograph
NIRI Near-Infrared Imager
NIFS near-IR IFU spectrograph
TEXES Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectograph (visitor instrument)
DSSI DSSI Speckle Camera (visitor instrument)
 
Gemini South
GMOS-S Gemini Optical Imager, Multi-Object Spectrograph and IFU
GSAOI + GeMS Gemini South AO Imager and Multi-Conjugate AO System
FLAMINGOS-2 Near-IR wide field imager and spectrometer.
 
Subaru (Exchange Time)
COMICS Cooled Mid-IR Camera and Spectrometer
FMOS Near-IR Fiber-Fed Multi-Object Spectrograph
FOCAS Faint Object Camera and Spectrograph
HDS High Dispersion Spectrograph
IRCS IR Camera and Spectrograph
IRCS+AO188 IRCS + Natural and Laser Guide Star AO
MOIRCS Multi-Object IR Camera and Spectrograph
Suprime-Cam wide-field Optical Imager
 
Instruments at the Keck Telescopes
Proposal Code Instrument/Detector
Keck-I
HIRESb High-Resolution Optical Echelle Spectrograph (blue)
HIRESr High-Resolution Optical Echelle Spectrograph (red)
LRIS Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
LRISp Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (w/polarimeter)
OSIRIS-NGS Near-IR AO IFU spectrograph with natural guide star
OSIRIS-LGS Near-IR AO IFU spectrograph with laser guide star
MOSFIRE near-IR Multi-Object Spectrograph
 
Keck-II
DEIMOS DEep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph
ESI Echellette Spectrograph and Imager
ESIi Echellette Spectrograph and Imager + IFU
NIRSPEC Near-IR Echelle Spectrograph
NIRSPAO-NGS Near-IR Echelle Spectrograph with natural guide star
NIRSPAO-LGS Near-IR Echelle Spectrograph laser guide star
NIRC2-NGS Near-IR AO imager and spectrograph with natural guide star
NIRC2-LGS Near-IR AO imager and spectrograph with laser guide star
 
Instruments at the Anglo-Australian Telescope
Proposal Code Instrument/Detector
AAOmega+2dF Fiber-fed Optical Spectrograph
AAOmega+SPIRAL 512-element optical IFU
HERMES+2dF High Efficiency and Resolution Multi-Element Spectrograph
IRIS2 n-IR imager and longslit/multi-slit spectrograph
UCLES Cross-dispersed Echelle Spectrograph
UCLES +CYCLOPS2 Cross-dispersed Echelle Spectrograph + 16-element IFU
UHRF ultra high resolution echelle spectrograph
 
 
Instruments at CTIO Telescopes
Proposal Code Instrument/Detector
4-m Blanco Telescope
DECam Dark Energy Camera
ISPI IR SidePort Imager + 2K HgCdTe
 
4-m SOAR Telescope
Goodman Goodman Spectrograph + Fairchild 4Kx4K CCD
SOI SOAR Optical Imager + E2V 4Kx4K Mosaic
OSIRIS Ohio State IR Imager/Spectrometer
Spartan Spartan IR Imager
SAM SOAR Adaptive Module
 
1.5-m Telescope
CHIRON CHIRON fiber echelle spectrograph
 
1.3m Telescope
ANDI+CCDIR Cass Direct + CCD/IR Queue-Service
 
0.9-m Telescope
CFIM+T2K Cass Direct + SITe 2K CCD
 
 
Primary Instruments/Detectors at KPNO Telescopes
Proposal Code Instrument/Detector
4-m Mayall Telescope
MOSA Prime Focus CCD Camera with Mosaic Imager
NEWFIRM very wide-field IR imager
Phoenix Phoenix hi-res IR Spectrometer
KOSMOS Kitt Peak Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph
FLMN IR Imager/Spectrometer with 2Kx2K HgCdTe
FLMNM IR Imager/Spectrometer with 2Kx2K HgCdTe + multislits
RCSPL+T2KA R-C Spectrograph + T2KA CCD, Longslit
RCSPM+T2KA R-C Spectrograph + T2KA CCD, Multislits
RCSPL+LB1A R-C Spectrograph + LB1A 1980x800 CCD, Longslit
RCSPM+LB1A R-C Spectrograph + LB1A 1980x800 CCD, Multislits
ECHLR+T2KA Echelle Spectrograph (Red Long camera)
ECHLB+T2KA Echelle Spectrograph (Blue Long camera)
ECHUV+T2KA Echelle Spectrograph (UVFast camera)
 
WIYN (3.5-m Telescope)
pODI (partial focal plane) One Degree Imager
HYDRB Hydra + Bench Spectrograph + STA1 CCD, Blue camera
HYDRR Hydra + Bench Spectrograph + STA1 CCD, Red camera
SPSPKB SparsePak Fiber Array + Bench Spectrograph + STA1, Blue camera
SPSPKR SparsePak Fiber Array + Bench Spectrograph + STA1, Red camera
WHIRC WIYN High Resolution IR Camera
 
2.1-m Telescope
CFIM+STA2 CCD Imager, STA2
CFIM+T2KB CCD Imager, T2KB
Phoenix hi-res IR Spectrometer
FLMN IR Imager/Spectrometer with 2Kx2K HgCdTe
 
WIYN (0.9-m Telescope)
HDI Half-Degree Imager

Last updated or reviewed March 13, 2013.