First generation instruments for the Magellan telescopes: Characteristics, operation and performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5492, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 49-59

  Osip, David J ^a,b   Phillips, Mark ^a,b   Bernstein, Rebecca ^c   Burley, Greg ^b   Dressler, Alan ^b   Elliot, James ^d   Persson, Eric ^b   Shectman, Stephen ^b   Thompson, Ian ^b  

^a LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

IMACS; Instrument; Magellan; MagIC; MIKE; Operation; PANIC; Performance

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES; PERFORMANCE; SPECTROGRAPHS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

IMACS; INSTRUMENT; MAGELLAN; MAGIC; MIKE; OPERATION; PANIC;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 10444238529     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552414     Document Type: Conference Paper

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