SofI - Son of ISAAC

Summary

SofI Instrument SofI is the infrared spectrograph and imaging camera on the NTT. Its largest field of view is 4.92 arcmin, and it covers the 0.9-2.5 micron wavelength range with spectral resolution from 600 to 2200.

Publication reference: Moorwood, A., Cuby, J.G., Lidman, C. 1998, The Messenger 91, 9

Contact Information

  • All questions related to observations and proposal preparation should be addressed to the La Silla Science Operations.
  • Please send us your comments, suggestions and report errors and inaccurate statements in the web pages and manuals.

Content of these pages

The following items are available on all the SofI pages, using the bar on the left.

  • Overview: a short description of the instrument
  • News: list of changes affecting the instrument and/or its pages.
  • Instrument Description: all the important parameters of the instrument.
  • Manuals: links to all the documents related to SofI.
  • Tools: a collection of useful tools and informations for preparing and analyzing the SofI observations.
  • Instrument Operations Team
  • Visitor Instructions: Instrument specific instructions for Visiting Astronomers Science: Image gallery and astronomical highlights ->