Development of an Infrared Camera for the InfraRed Imaging Survey (IRIS) Project

这是一个项目，翻新夏威夷大学现有的红外相机(称为QUIRC)，将其安装在0.8米的专用机器人红外望远镜--红外成像调查(IRIS)上。该系统将通过寻找恒星形成区域内的变星来提供对年轻的深埋恒星的时间域研究。其中包括日食双星、喷发变星和各种不规则变星。然后，可以用更大口径的光谱观测来跟踪识别出的恒星。该相机将提供一个雄心勃勃的观测计划，监测最近的恒星形成区域，探测恒星演化的早期阶段。该项目将吸引大量学生参与，不仅是在仪器方面，还将参与美国、德国和智利大学之间的国际合作。

This is a project to refurbish of an existing infrared camera (known as QUIRC) from the University of Hawaii for its installation in a 0.8m dedicated robotic infrared telescope, the InfraRed Imaging Survey (IRIS). This system will provide for time-domain studies of young deeply-embedded stars by looking for variable stars within star forming regions. These will include eclipsing binaries, eruptive variables and various irregular variables. The identified stars can then be followed up with spectroscopic observations at larger apertures. The camera will provide for an ambitious observational program monitoring the nearest star formation regions probing the early stages of stellar evolution. The project will involve significant student participation not only in instrumentation but also in an international collaboration between U.S., German and Chilean universities.