A wide-field near-infrared camera and spectrograph for the Mt. Abu 1.2 m telescope

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boddapati Anandarao ◽  
Eric Harvey Richardson ◽  
Abhijit Chakraborty ◽  
Harland Epps
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Wide Field

scholarly journals GALACTICNUCLEUS: A high angular resolution JHKs imaging survey of the Galactic centre

2018 ◽  
Vol 610 ◽  
pp. A83 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Nogueras-Lara ◽  
A. T. Gallego-Calvente ◽  
H. Dong ◽  
E. Gallego-Cano ◽  
J. H. V. Girard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Angular Resolution ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Stellar Model ◽  
Galactic Centre ◽  
High Angular Resolution ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Photometric Calibration ◽  
Solar Metallicity

Context. The Galactic centre (GC) is of fundamental astrophysical interest, but existing near-infrared surveys fall short covering it adequately, either in terms of angular resolution, multi-wavelength coverage, or both. Here we introduce the GALACTICNUCLEUS survey, a JHKs imaging survey of the centre of the Milky Way with a 0.2″ angular resolution. Aims. The purpose of this paper is to present the observations of Field 1 of our survey, centred approximately on SgrA* with an approximate size of 7.95′ × 3.43′. We describe the observational set-up and data reduction pipeline and discuss the quality of the data. Finally, we present the analysis of the data. Methods. The data were acquired with the near-infrared camera High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager (HAWK-I) at the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). Short readout times in combination with the speckle holography algorithm allowed us to produce final images with a stable, Gaussian PSF (point spread function) of 0.2″ FWHM (full width at half maximum). Astrometric calibration is achieved via the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey and photometric calibration is based on the SIRIUS/Infrared Survey Facility telescope (IRSF) survey. The quality of the data is assessed by comparison between observations of the same field with different detectors of HAWK-I and at different times. Results. We reach 5σ detection limits of approximately J = 22, H = 21, and Ks = 20. The photometric uncertainties are less than 0.05 at J ≲ 20, H ≲ 17, and Ks ≲ 16. We can distinguish five stellar populations in the colour-magnitude diagrams; three of them appear to belong to foreground spiral arms, and the other two correspond to high- and low-extinction star groups at the GC. We use our data to analyse the near-infrared extinction curve and find some evidence for a possible difference between the extinction index between J − H and H − Ks. However, we conclude that it can be described very well by a power law with an index of αJHKs = 2.30 ± 0.08. We do not find any evidence that this index depends on the position along the line of sight, or on the absolute value of the extinction. We produce extinction maps that show the clumpiness of the ISM (interstellar medium) at the GC. Finally, we estimate that the majority of the stars have solar or super-solar metallicity by comparing our extinction-corrected colour-magnitude diagrams with isochrones with different metallicities and a synthetic stellar model with a constant star formation.

Omega Prime: the wide-field near-infrared camera for the 3.5-m telescope of the Calar Alto Observatory

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Bizenberger ◽  
Mark J. McCaughrean ◽  
Christoph Birk ◽  
Dave Thompson ◽  
Clemens Storz
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Calar Alto

scholarly journals The Circumnuclear Spiral Pattern of NGC 5427

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (S267) ◽  
pp. 331-331
Author(s):  
J. A. Hernandez-Jimenez ◽  
H. Dottori ◽  
P. Grosbøl ◽  
N. Vera-Villamizar
Keyword(s):  
Central Region ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Spiral Pattern ◽  
Space Telescope

We have studied Hubble Space Telescope archive imagery of the central region of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 5427. The images were taken with F606W (V-band) and F160W (H-band) filters with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer, respectively.

scholarly journals The near and mid-infrared photometric properties of known redshift z ≥ 5 quasars

2020 ◽  
Vol 494 (1) ◽  
pp. 789-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas P Ross ◽  
Nicholas J G Cross
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Photometric Variability ◽  
Infrared Telescope ◽  
Black Hole Accretion ◽  
Very High

ABSTRACT We assemble a catalogue of 488 spectroscopically confirmed very high (z ≥ 5.00) redshift quasars (VHzQ) and report their near- (ZYJHKs/K) and mid- (WISE W1234) infrared properties. 97 per cent of the VHzQ sample is detected in one or more near-infrared (NIR) band, with lack of coverage rather than lack of depth being the reason for the non-detections. 389 (80 per cent) of the very high redshift quasars are detected at 3.4 μm in the W1 band from the unWISE catalogue and all of the z ≥ 7 quasars are detected in both unWISE W1 and W2. Using archival Wide Field Camera (WFCAM)/United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) and VISTA Infrared Camera (VIRCAM)/Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) data we check for photometric variability that might be expected from super-Eddington accretion. We find 28 of the quasars have sufficient NIR measurements and signal-to-noise ratio to look for variability. Weak variability was detected in multiple bands of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) J0959+0227, and very marginally in the Y-band of MMT J0215-0529. Only one quasar, SDSS J0349+0034, shows significant differences between WFCAM and VISTA magnitudes in one band. With supermassive black hole accretion likely to be redshift invariant up to very high redshift, further monitoring of these sources is warranted. All the data, analysis codes and plots used and generated here can be found at: github.com/d80b2t/VHzQ.

scholarly journals Achieving a wide-field near-infrared camera for the Calar Alto 3.5-m telescope

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Coryn A. L. Bailer-Jones ◽  
Peter Bizenberger ◽  
Clemens Storz
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Calar Alto

scholarly journals PtSi IR Array in Mosaic Configuration

1995 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 117-121
Author(s):  
Munetaka Ueno ◽  
Fumiaki Tsumuraya ◽  
Yoshihiro Chikada
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Field Of View ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Infrared Sensors ◽  
Large Format ◽  
Observational Astronomy ◽  
Wide Field Of View ◽  
Infrared Wavelengths ◽  
Time Image

The rapid progress in the focal plane technology enables us to use large format infrared sensors, such as 256 × 256 InSb/HgCdTe and 1040 × 1040 PtSi arrays. Infrared two-dimensional sensors make possible not only the imaging observations but a deep detection limit. The development of a large format infrared array is one of the most important breakthroughs in observational astronomy.We propose to build a mosaic infrared camera for the SUBARU 8-m telescope. The SUBARU telescope is designed to reach a diffraction limited image at infrared wavelengths with a wide field of view (six arcsec at the Cassegrain focus). The camera is designed to cover the entire field of view with PtSi infrared sensors and to employ a weighted shift-and-add operation and a real-time image processing. The efficiency of the mosaic infrared camera and power of the 8-m telescope have a strong potential to meet challenging problems. Most of the regions of the near infrared sky are not covered with enough sensitivity. It is essential to conduct infrared deep and wide surveys.

scholarly journals The CFHQSIR survey: a Y-band extension of the CFHTLS-Wide survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 616 ◽  
pp. A55 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Pipien ◽  
S. Basa ◽  
J.-G. Cuby ◽  
J.-C. Cuillandre ◽  
C. Willott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Optical Data ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Correlated Noise ◽  
Aperture Diameter ◽  
Photometric Calibration ◽  
Multi Wavelength

Context. The Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey (CFHTLS) has been conducted over a 5-yr period at the CFHT with the MegaCam instrument, totaling 450 nights of observations. The Wide Synoptic Survey is one component of the CFHTLS, covering 155 square degrees in four patches of 23 to 65 square degrees through the whole MegaCam filter set (u*, g’, r’, i’, z’) down to i’AB = 24.5. Aims. With the motivation of searching for high-redshift quasars at redshifts above 6.5, we extend the multi-wavelength CFHTLS-Wide data in the Y -band down to magnitudes of ~22.5 for point sources (5σ). Methods. We observed the four CFHTLS-Wide fields (except one quarter of the W3 field) in the Y -band with the Wide-field InfraRed Camera (WIRCam) at the CFHT. Each field was visited twice, at least three weeks apart. Each visit consisted of two dithered exposures. The images are reduced with the Elixir software used for the CFHTLS and modified to account for the properties of near-InfraRed (IR) data. Two series of image stacks are subsequently produced: four-image stacks for each WIRCam pointing, and one-square-degree tiles matched to the format of the CFHTLS data release. Photometric calibration is performed on stars by fitting stellar spectra to their CFHTLS photometric data and extrapolating their Y -band magnitudes. Results. After corrections accounting for correlated noise, we measure a limiting magnitude of YAB ≃ 22.4 for point sources (5σ) in an aperture diameter of 0.′′93, over 130 square degrees. We produce a multi-wavelength catalogue combining the CFHTLS-Wide optical data with our CFHQSIR (Canada–France High-z quasar survey in the near-InfraRed) Y -band data. We derive the Y -band number counts and compare them to the Vista Deep Extragalactic Observations survey (VIDEO). We find that the addition of the CFHQSIR Y -band data to the CFHTLS optical data increases the accuracy of photometric redshifts and reduces the outlier rate from 13.8% to 8.8% in the redshift range 1.05 ≲ z ≲ 1.2.

scholarly journals Search for giant planets around seven white dwarfs in the Hyades cluster with the Hubble Space Telescope

2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (3) ◽  
pp. 3920-3925
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Brandner ◽  
Hans Zinnecker ◽  
Taisiya Kopytova
Keyword(s):  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Detection Limits ◽  
Giant Planets ◽  
High Angular Resolution ◽  
Mass Detection ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Hyades Cluster

ABSTRACT Only a small number of exoplanets have been identified in stellar cluster environments. We initiated a high angular resolution direct imaging search using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and its Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) instrument for self-luminous giant planets in orbit around seven white dwarfs in the 625 Myr old nearby (≈45 pc) Hyades cluster. The observations were obtained with Near-Infrared Camera 1 (NIC1) in the F110W and F160W filters, and encompass two HST roll angles to facilitate angular differential imaging. The difference images were searched for companion candidates, and radially averaged contrast curves were computed. Though we achieve the lowest mass detection limits yet for angular separations ≥0.5 arcsec, no planetary mass companion to any of the seven white dwarfs, whose initial main-sequence masses were >2.8 M⊙, was found. Comparison with evolutionary models yields detection limits of ≈5–7 Jupiter masses (MJup) according to one model, and between 9 and ≈12 MJup according to another model, at physical separations corresponding to initial semimajor axis of ≥5–8 au (i.e. before the mass-loss events associated with the red and asymptotic giant branch phase of the host star). The study provides further evidence that initially dense cluster environments, which included O- and B-type stars, might not be highly conducive to the formation of massive circumstellar discs, and their transformation into giant planets (with m ≥ 6 MJup and a ≥6 au). This is in agreement with radial velocity surveys for exoplanets around G- and K-type giants, which did not find any planets around stars more massive than ≈3 M⊙.

scholarly journals PANIC: a near-infrared camera for the Magellan telescopes

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Martini ◽  
S. E. Persson ◽  
David C. Murphy ◽  
Christoph Birk ◽  
Stephen A. Shectman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Camera
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