The FIRE infrared spectrometer at Magellan: construction and commissioning
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Simcoe, Robert A.
Burgasser, Adam J.
Bochanski, John J.
Schechter, Paul L.
Bernstein, Rebecca A.
Bigelow, Bruce C.
Pipher, Judith L.
Forrest, William
McMurtry, Craig
Smith, Matthew J.
Date Issued
July 2010
Journal
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering; v.7735
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SPIE
Citation
Simcoe, Robert A. et al. “The FIRE Infrared Spectrometer at Magellan: Construction and Commissioning.” Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering; v.7735 (2010): 773514–773514–12. © SPIE 2010
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Abstract
We describe the construction and commissioning of FIRE, a new 0.8-2.5μm echelle spectrometer for the Magellan/ Baade 6.5 meter telescope. FIRE delivers continuous spectra over its full bandpass with nominal spectral resolution R = 6000. Additionally it offers a longslit mode dispersed by the prisms alone, covering the full z to K bands at R ~ 350. FIRE was installed at Magellan in March 2010 and is now performing shared-risk science observations. It is delivering sharp image quality and its throughput is sufficient to allow early observations of high redshift quasars and faint brown dwarfs. This paper outlines several of the new or unique design choices we employed in FIRE's construction, as well as early returns from its on-sky performance.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856088
