The following tables have been taken partly from the original NIRC2
proposal by Keith Matthews and Tom Soifer, and partly from more recent
information on the as-built instrument.
Input f/ ratio | f/15 |
Wavelength range | 0.9-5.3 microns |
Field of view | 10x10 arcsec
(narrow camera) 20x20 arcsec (medium camera) 40x40 arcsec (wide camera) |
Pixel scale | 0.009942 arcsec/pixel
(+/- 0.00005") 0.019829 arcsec/pixel 0.039686 arcsec/pixel |
Filters | z, Y, J, H, K, Ks, Kp, Lw, Lp, Ms, HeI, Pa_gamma, Jcont, Pa_beta, H_cont, CH4S, H2, Fe II, CH4L, Br_gamma, Kcont, CO, H2O, PAH, Br_alpha, Br_alpha_cont |
Pupil mask | 1 circular fixed, circumscribes the telescope pupil
1 circular rotating, inscribes the telescope pupil and masks the spiders 3 hexagonal, rotating |
Slits | 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, 120, and 160 milliarcsec |
Coronagraphic spots | circular: 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000 milliarcsec |
Grisms | lowres, medres |
Minimum frame time | 0.25 sec, full frame |
Detector | 1024x1024 InSb Aladdin-3 array, 27 micron pixels
32 simultaneous outputs, grouped in 8 pixels across a row in each of 4 quadrants subarray capability 35 K operating temperature normal gain, 4 electrons/DN |
Read noise | 60 electrons per CDS read
15 electrons for MCDS with 16 reads |
Dark current | < 0.1 electrons/pixel/sec |
QE | 80% at 1.7 microns |
Well depth | ~18,000 DN at 5% linearity |