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 04 Dec 2008
Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > La Silla Paranal Observatory > Paranal Facilities > Paranal Instrumentation > ISAAC > Instrument Description
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Instrument Characteristics

Fig. 1. ISAAC optical layout.
The two cameras at the top and bottom are optimized for the 1-2.5µm and 2-5µm regions and used to re-image the telescope focal plane or the intermediate spectrum formed by the grating spectrometer unit.
 
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