Development of a Wide-Field Infrared Camera

广域红外相机的研制

• 批准号: 9977453
• 负责人: Sven Persson
• 金额: $ 32.62万
• 依托单位: Carnegie Institution of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9977453&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Wide; Field; Infrared; Camera

AbstractThis award will support the purchase of large format, science-grade infrared detector arrays for a new wide-field infrared camera being built as a dedicated faciltity instrument for the Dupont 2.5 meter telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. The wide-field infrared camera represents a significant upgrade to the observing capabilities of the Dupont telescope, and is expected to dramatically enhance a broad range of galactic and extra-galactic research programs now underway at the Carnegie Institution. In particular, wide-field, near-infrared surveys that reach objects as faint as magnitude 22 in K are a necessary first step to providing a clearer picture of galaxy evolution out to redshifts of 2 and beyond.

摘要该合同将支持为智利拉斯坎帕纳斯天文台的杜邦2.5米望远镜建造的新型宽视场红外相机购买大画幅、科学级红外探测器阵列。宽视场红外相机代表了对杜邦望远镜观测能力的重大升级，并有望极大地增强卡内基研究所正在进行的广泛的星系和星系外研究项目。特别是，广域近红外巡天，可以到达像K中22等这样微弱的物体，这是提供星系演化到红移2级及以上的更清晰图像的必要的第一步。