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This page gives an overview of the instrumentation available on the WHT and INT. If you need more information about a given instrument, click on the instrument name, or email one of the listed instrument specialists. Notes (§) about specific instruments and procedures can be found at the bottom of the page.

Information about applying for telescope time can be found on a separate page.



Spectroscopy
Instrument/Contacts Wavelength
Range (Å)		 Dispersion
(Å/pixel) 		Slit Length Detector Comments
4.2-m William Herschel Telescope
Manager: Benn
ISIS
Specialist: Hrudkova / Fariña
3000-10000Å 0.26-1.81 (Red+)
0.11-1.63 (EEV12)		 4' Red: Red+
Blue: EEV12
Red or Blue:
Qucam3, Qucam2 		Long-slit spectroscopy;
spectro and imaging polarimetry;
fast spectroscopy
LIRIS (§3)
Specialist: Karjalainen / Fariña
9000-24000Å R=1000-3000 4.2' HgCdTe(1024x1024) Long-slit and multi-object spectroscopy;
spectro and imaging polarimetry
ACAM (§4)
Specialist: Benn / Domínguez  
3500-9400Å R~400 6' AUXCAM Long-slit spectroscopy
AF2/WYFFOS (§1)
Specialist: Dominguez / Fariña
(Shared-risks basis in 2013B
- see below)
3500-10000Å R=100-3000 (ref.)
R=9500 (ech.)		 1.6" fibres 2EEV Up to 150 objects
(Shared-risks basis in 2013B
- see below)
NAOMI/OASIS
Specialist: Benn / Dominguez
4000-10000 Å 1000 < R < 4000 2.7x3.7" to 7.4x10.3"
field imaged onto
1100 lenslets		 MIT/LL (2048x4096) IFS,available with and without AO
2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope
Manager: Vaduvescu
IDS
Specialist: Fariña / Dominguez
3000-10000Å 0.24-3.67 3.3' EEV10
Red+2 		Long-slit spectroscopy
with 235mm camera


Imaging
Instrument/Contacts Detector Filters Scale ("/pixel) Field-of-View
4.2-m William Herschel Telescope
Manager: Benn
Prime Focus Camera
Specialist: Vaduvescu / Benn
2EEV see database 0.24 16'.2 x 16'.2
ACAM (§4)
Specialist: Benn / Domínguez  
AUXCAM UBVRIZ + narrow-band 0.25 8'.3
NAOMI/INGRID
Specialist: Dominguez / Benn
HgCdTe(1024x1024) ZJHKK_s
and 10 narrow-band		 0.04 42"
NAOMI/INGRID/OSCA
Specialist: Benn / Dominguez
HgCdTe(1024x1024) ZJHKK_s
and 10 narrow-band		 0.04 27"
LIRIS
Specialist: Karjalainen / Fariña
HgCdTe(1024x1024) ZJHK_s
and 8 narrow-band		 0.25 4'.27
2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope
Manager: Vaduvescu
Wide Field Camera (§5)
Specialist: Vaduvescu / Hrudková
4 of 4k x 2k EEV see database 0.33 33'.8 x 33'.8


Visitor Instruments (§2)
Instrument Institute Contact
4.2-m William Herschel Telescope
Manager: Benn
GHaFaS IAC John Beckman
INTEGRAL IAC Evencio Mediavilla
PN.S Kapteyn Nigel Douglas
SAURON Lyon/Leiden/Durham SAURON Team
Ultracam Sheffield Vik Dhillon
Tom Marsh


§ Notes
  1. The AF2/WYFFOS multi-fibre spectrograph will be available in 2013B on a shared-risks basis. Recent work has confirmed that imperfect acquisition and guiding were contributing significantly to the low throughput noted by observers. Preliminary tests indicate that new procedures improve the acquisition accuracy to better than 0.4 arcsec rms out to 15 arcmin from the center (the nominal unvignetted maximum field radius is 20 arcmin), and we expect that ongoing planned work will yield further improvements before 2013B. For reference, in seeing of 0.5 - 1.5 arcsec, a fibre-centring error of 0.5 arcsec leads to ~20% loss of light from a point source, relative to that from a well-centred fibre. AF2's availability in 2013B will be on a shared-risks basis because the on-sky tests of the new acquisition software, and the commissioning of the new CCD are not yet complete. Teams considering submission of an AF2 proposal are encouraged to notify the AF2 instrument specialist, Lilian Dominguez (ldp@ing.iac.es), and to check the latest AF2 news on:
    www.ing.iac/astronomy/instruments/af2
  2. Applicants wishing to submit proposals to use a visitor instrument should contact the relevant Instrument Contact in the first instance. Applicants wishing to submit a proposal based on a new (to ING) visitor instrument should follow these instructions.
  3. LIRIS slit-mask preparation and manufacture takes approximately eleven weeks; PIs awarded time in multi-slit mode are strongly encouraged to initiate the design of slit masks at the earliest opportunity. Details on slit-mask design and timelines are given here; please email queries to the LIRIS MOS specialist Cecilia Fariña (cf@ing.iac.es).
  4. ACAM is permanently available except when prime focus is in use.
  5. The INT WFC is offered at rotator angle 180 degrees only. When there is compelling scientific justification, other rotator angles (0, 90 or 270-degrees) can be offered for the duration of the run; changes to the rotator angle within a run are not permitted.
  6. Specifications and technical details of all CCDs current at the ING are given on the ING detectors technical page.
  7. Full details of all ING filters are given in the ING filters page.
  8. SIGNAL can be used to calculate exposure times for any telescope/instrument/detector combination.


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Last modified: 28 February 2013