Instrumentation for the Keck Observatory

Ian S. McLean; Frederic H. Chaffee

doi:10.1117/12.395404

16 August 2000 Instrumentation for the Keck Observatory

Ian S. McLean, Frederic H. Chaffee

Proceedings Volume 4008, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395404
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Current instrument sand future plans for new instrumentation for the Keck Observatory are reviewed. As is widely known, both 10-meter telescopes are in full operation and each has a significant complement of scientific instruments. Keck II has a working adaptive optics system and a similar module is under construction for Keck I in preparation for combining the beams in the Keck Interferometer. Recently, Keck II received two new instruments, ESI - which is a CCD-based faint-object spectrograph, and NIRSPEC, a cryogenic high- resolution near-IR spectrograph. The existing LRIS spectrograph is due to an upgrade to provide a blue- sensitive channel to complement the current red channel. DEIMOS, a multi-object spectrograph and NIRC2, a diffraction-limited IR camera are nearing completion. Future plans include detector upgrades, instruments for integral field and wide-field spectroscopy, interferometry and laser guide stars.

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Ian S. McLean and Frederic H. Chaffee "Instrumentation for the Keck Observatory", Proc. SPIE 4008, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, (16 August 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395404

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