ISAAC

Parts of the ISAAC instrument. ISAAC is an infrared (1 - 5 μm) imager and spectrograph mounted on the Nasmyth B focus of the VLT UT1. It has two independent arms, one equipped with a 1024 x 1024 Hawaii Rockwell array and the other with a 1024 x 1024 InSb Aladdin array from Santa Barbara Research Center. The Hawaii arm is used at short wavelengths (1 - 2.5 μm). The Aladdin arm is used predominantly at long wavelengths (3 - 5 μm) but is also available for short wavelength imaging with broad band filters.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:isaac_parts
Type:Photographic
Release date:3 December 2009, 23:22
Size:2484 x 3000 px

About the Object

Name:ISAAC
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:Paranal

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