9 March 2015

Observe with NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility

Crystal Tinch American Astronomical Society (AAS)

This notice is posted on behalf of William Walters of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy:

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NASA invites observing proposals for the 3-meter Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, for the 2015B semester: 1 August 2015 to 31 January 2016. Proposals are due on Wednesday, 1 April 2015, and may be submitted using our online form.

Available instruments include the following:

  1. SpeX, a 1–5 micron cross-dispersed medium-resolution spectrograph (up to R = 2,500) and imager;
  2. CSHELL, a 1-5 micron high-resolution spectrograph (up to R = 40,000);
  3. MORIS, a 512 x 512 pixel Andor CCD camera (60" x 60" field of view) mounted at the side-facing window of the SpeX cryostat and that can be used simultaneously with SpeX; and
  4. PI-instruments including a low-resolution 3-14 micron spectrograph and an 8-25 micron high-resolution spectrograph.

More information on available facility and visitor instruments can be found on the NASA IRTF webpage.