MOIRCS
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2008-11-06: A systematic bias in the photometry under the use of the partial-read mode is found. The use of the mode is not recommended now. See the Information page for more detail. |
Introduction
MOIRCS (Multi-Object InfraRed Camera and Spectrograph) is a wide-field imaging camera and spectrograph. The field of view is 4 x 7 square arcminutes with a spatial resolution of 0.117 arcsec/pixel projected on the sky. To achieve a wide view with high resolution, it uses two HAWAII-2 FPAs covering the focal plane. For imaging mode we have the standard YJHKs filters (MKO system) as well as several narrow-band filters.
MOS performance of MOIRCS spectroscopy mode is the most notable feature of the instrument. Using the cooled aluminium slit masks, MOIRCS can acquire about 40 object spectra simultaneously across 0.9~2.5 micron wavelengths range. Currently low-resolution (R~500), medium-resolution (R~1300), and high-resolution (R~3000) modes are available.
Imaging mode
Spectroscopy mode
Instrument Citation
Please cite the following papers when you first refer MOIRCS in your publication.- "Multi-Object Infrared Camera and Spectrograph (MOIRCS) for the Subaru Telescope I. Imaging"
- Suzuki, R. et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 2008, Vol.60, No.6, pp.1347--1362.
- "MOIRCS: Multi-Object Infrared Camera and Spectrograph for SUBARU"
- Ichikawa, T. et al. 2006, in Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 6269, 38
Questions regarding MOIRCS should be directed to Ichi Tanaka.
All data on the pages are subject to change as the evaluation of the performance of MOIRCS progresses.
Updated 2009-03-24