PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE
SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering
Ground-based Instrumentation
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Cooperating Organizations
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European Optical Society (Germany)
ESO—European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Instituto de Astroffsica de Canarias (Spain)
IAU—International Astronomical Union (France)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (USA)
Max-Planck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (USA)
NAOJ—National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
OPTICON—Optical Infrared Coordination Network (United Kingdom)
PPARC—The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (United Kingdom)
RadioNET—Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe (United Kingdom)
Royal Astronomical Society (United Kingdom)
Scottish Enterprise (United Kingdom)
Smart Optics Faraday Partnership (United Kingdom)
UK Astronomy Technology Centre (United Kingdom)
Volume 5492
Part One of Three Parts
SPIE is an international technical society dedicated to advancing engineering and scientific
applications of optical, photonic, imaging, electronic, and optoelectronic technologies.
Contents
Part One
xxvii
SESSION 1
1
Conference
Committee
OVERVIEW OF INSTRUMENTATION AT MAJOR OBSERVATORIES I
Instrumentation at the Keck Observatory (Invited Paper) [5492-01 ]
I. S. McLean, Univ. of California/Los Angeles (USA); S. Adkins, W.M. Keck Observatory (USA)
13
Instrumentation at the ESO VLT (Invited Paper) [5492-02]
A. F. M. Moorwood, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
23
Subaru instrumentation: today and tomorrow (Invited Paper) [5492-03]
M. lye, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)
35
Current and future facility instruments at the Gemini Observatory (invited Paper) [5492-04]
D. A. Simons, J. B. Jensen, P. Gray, M. Lazo, R. Rogers, J. White, Gemini Observatory (USA)
SESSION 2
OVERVIEW OF INSTRUMENTATION AT MAJOR OBSERVATORIES II
49
First-generation instruments for the Magellan telescopes: characteristics, operation, and
performance (Invited Paper) [5492-06]
D. J. Osip, M. M. Phillips, Las Campanas Observatory (Chile) a n d Observatories of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA); R. Bernstein, Univ. of Michigan (USA); G. Burley,
A. Dressier, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA); J. L. Elliot,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); E. Persson, S. A. Shectman, I. Thompson,
Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA)
60
The first-generation instruments for the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) (Invited
Paper) [5492-07]
D. A. H. Buckley, Southern African Large Telescope/SAAO (South Africa); P. L. Cottrell, Univ.
of Canterbury (New Zealand); K. H. Nordsieck, Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison (USA);
D. E. O'Donoghue, South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa); T. B. Williams,
Rutgers Univ. (USA)
75
Instrumentation at the Anglo-Australian Observatory [5492-08]
S. C. Barden, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia)
82
Facility instruments for the GTC (Invited Paper) [5492-09]
J. M. Rodriguez Espinosa, M. L. Garcfa-Vargas, P. L. Hammersley, Instituto de Astroffsica d e
Canarias (Spain)
94
108
SESSION 3
An overview of instrumentation for the Large Binocular Telescope [5492-11 ]
R. M. Wagner, Large Binocular Telescope Observatory/Univ. of Arizona (USA)
OPTICAL IMAGING
121
A smart fast camera [5492-12]
R. Ragazzoni, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy) and Max-Planck-lnstitut fur
Astronomie (Germany); C. Arcidiacono, Univ. degli Studi di Firenze (Italy); E. Diolaiti, INAF,
Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (Italy); J. Farinato, A. M. Moore, INAF, Osservatorio
Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy); R. Soci, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany)
128
High-resolution imaging in the visible from the ground without adaptive optics: new
techniques and results [5492-13]
C. D. Mackay, J. Baldwin, N. Law, P. Warner, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
SESSION 4
IV
Performance of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope and facility instruments (Invited Paper)
[5492-10]
G. J. Hill, P. J. MacQueen, McDonald Observatory, Univ. of Texas/Austin (USA);
L. W. Ramsey, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA); M. D. Shetrone, Hobby-Eberly Telescope,
Univ. of Texas/Austin (USA)
OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY I
136
Performance of FLAMES at the VLT: one year of operation [5492-14]
L. Pasquini, European Southern Observatory (Germany); R. Castillo, European Southern
Observatory (Chile); H. Dekker, R. Hanuschik, European Southern Observatory (Germany);
A. Kaufer, European Southern Observatory (Chile); A. Modigliani, R. Palsa, F. Primas,
European Southern Observatory (Germany); R. Scarpa, J. Smoker, European Southern
Observatory (Chile); B. Wolff, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
148
The exoplanet hunter HARPS: performance and first results [5492-15]
G. Rupprecht, European Southern Observatory (Germany); F. Pepe, M. Mayor, D. Queloz,
Observatoire de Geneve (Switzerland); F. Bouchy, Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille
(France); G. Avila, European Southern Observatory (Germany); W. Benz, Univ. Bern
(Switzerland); J.-L. Bertaux, Service d'Aeronomie (France); X. Bonfils, Observatoire de
Geneve (Switzerland) and Observatoire de Grenoble (Switzerland); Th. Dall, European
Southern Observatory (Chile); B. Delabre, H. Dekker, European Southern Observatory
(Germany); W. Eckert, European Southern Observatory (Chile); M. Fleury, Observatoire de
Geneve (Switzerland); A. Gilliotte, European Southern Observatory (Chile); D. Gojak,
European Southern Observatory (Germany); J. C. Guzman, European Southern
Observatory (Chile); D. Kohler, Observatoire de Haute-Provence (France); J.-L. Lizon,
European Southern Observatory (Germany); G. Lo Curto, European Southern Observatory
(Chile); A. Longinotti, European Southern Observatory (Germany); C. Lovis, D. Megevand,
Observatoire de Geneve (Switzerland); L. Pasquini, J. Reyes, European Southern
Observatory (Germany); J.-P. Sivan, Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille (France);
D. Sosnowska, Observatoire de Geneve (Switzerland); R. Soto, European Southern
Observatory (Chile); S. Udry, Observatoire de Geneve (Switzerland); A. Van Kesteren,
European Southern Observatory (Germany); L. Weber, Observatoire de Geneve
(Switzerland); U. Weilenmann, European Southern Observatory (Chile)
160
SESSION 5
bHROS installation and system performance [5492-17]
M. E. Aderin, Univ. College London (United Kingdom)
OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY II
172
First science observations with the ACES echelle spectrograph [5492-18]
R. O. Reynolds, M. Lloyd-Hart, Steward Observatory/Univ. of Arizona (USA)
181
Scientific and technical performance of GMOS: the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph
[5492-19]
D. Crampton, R. G. Murowinski, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics/NRC (Canada)
190
Interferometric resolution boosting for spectre-graphs [5492-20]
D. J. Erskine, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA); J. Edelstein, Univ. of California/
Berkeley (USA)
200
RITMOS: a micromirror-based multi-object spectrometer [5492-21 ]
R. D. Meyer, Rochester Institute of Technology (USA); K. J. Kearney, Pixel Physics, Inc. (USA);
Z. Ninkov, Rochester Institute of Technology (USA); C. T. Cotton, ASE Optics, Inc. (USA);
P. Hammond, Lightforce Technology, Inc. (USA); B. D. Statt, ASE Optics, Inc. (USA)
SESSION 6
OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY III
220
X-shooter: UV-to-IR intermediate-resolution high-efficiency spectrograph for the ESO VLT
[5492-22]
S. D'Odorico, European Southern Observatory (Germany); M. I. Andersen,
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (Germany); P. Conconi, V. De Caprio, INAF,
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); B. Delabre, European Southern Observatory
(Germany); P. Di Marcantonio, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste (Italy); H. Dekker,
M. D. Downing, G. Finger, European Southern Observatory (Germany); P. Groot, Katholieke
Univ. Nijmegen (Netherlands); H. H. Hanenburg, ASTRON (Netherlands); F. Hammer,
D. Horville, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (France); J. Hjorth, Niels Bohr Institute/
Astronomical Observatory (Denmark); L. Kaper, Univ. van Amsterdam (Netherlands);
J. Klougart, P. Kjaergaard Rasmussen, Niels Bohr Institute/Astronomical Observatory
(Denmark); J.-L. Lizon, European Southern Observatory (Germany); M. Marteaud,
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (France); R. Mazzoleni, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di
Brera (Italy) and European Southern Observatory (Germany); N. Michaelsen, Niels Bohr
Institute/Astronomical Observatory (Denmark); R. Pallavicini, INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Palermo (Italy); F. Rigal, ASTRON (Netherlands); P. Santin, INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Trieste (Italy); A. Norup Soerensen, Niels Bohr Institute/Astronomical
Observatory (Denmark); P. Spano, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (Italy);
L. Venema, ASTRON (Netherlands); P. Vola, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (France);
F. M. Zerbi, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy)
230
Status of Elmer: a multipurpose instrument for the GTC 10-m telescope [5492-23]
M. L. Garcia-Vargas, P. L. Hammersley, E. Sanchez-Bianco, R. Kohley, J. M. Martin-Fleitas,
L. Cavalier Marques, M. Maldonado Medina, R. Vilela, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
(Spain)
242
Honeycomb: a concept for a programmable integral field spectrograph [5492-24]
J. Bland-Hawthorn, A. J. McGrath, W. Saunders, R. Haynes, P. Gillingham, Anglo-Australian
Observatory (Australia)
251
VIRUS: a massively replicated IFU spectrograph for HET [5492-25]
G. J. Hill, P. J. MacQueen, McDonald Observatory, Univ. of Texas/Austin (USA); C. Tejada,
F. J. Cobos, Univ. Nacional Autonoma d e Mexico (Mexico); P. Palunas, McDonald
Observatory, Univ. of Texas/Austin (USA); K. Gebhardt, N. Drory, Univ. of Texas/Austin (USA)
262
WiFeS: the wide-field spectrograph [5492-26]
M. A. Dopita, L. E. Waldron, P. McGregor, P. Conroy, M. C. Doolan, R. Zhelem, G. Bloxham,
The Australian National Univ. (Australia); W. Saunders, Anglo-Australian Observatory
(Australia); D. Jones, Prime Optics (Australia); L. Pfitzner, Auspace Ltd. (Australia)
271
High-contrast differential-aberration-free 3D spectrometer for the Planet Finder instrument
[5492-28]
E. Prieto, M. Saisse, P. Hibon, Lab. d'Astrophysique d e Marseille (France); J.-L. Beuzit,
A.-M. Lagrange, Lab. d'Astrophysique d e I'Observatoire d e Grenoble (France)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS: OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION I
281
Large-field reflective integral field systems for visible and infrared spectroscopy [5492-134]
R. Content, C. M. Dubbeldam, D. J. Robertson, R. M. Sharpies, S. L. Morris, Univ. of Durham
(United Kingdom)
293
Optical design of PANORAMIX-II, the OMM wide-field VIS-NIR camera [5492-135]
S. Thibault, M. Doucet, INO (Canada); L. Drissen, Univ. Laval (Canada)
303
FALCON: extending adaptive optics corrections to cosmological fields [5492-136]
M. Puech, F. Sayede, Observatoire d e Paris-Meudon (France)
312
Manufacturing, integration, and testing of ELMER structure and mechanisms [5492-137]
B. Ronquillo, M. A. Vega, MEDIA Consultores d e Ingenierfa (Spain); M. Ona, E. Porras,
I. Mayor, D. Roy, S. Camps, F. J. Pereda, INDEX Servicios d e Ingenierfa (Spain);
M. L. Garcfa-Vargas, M. Maldonado Medina, J. M. Martin Fleitas, E. Sanchez, Instituto d e
Astroffsica d e Canarias (Spain)
322
HERMES: a high-resolution spectrograph for the Mercator Telescope [5492-138]
G. Raskin, Mercator Telescope (Spain) and Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium);
H. Van Winckel, Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium); G. Davignon, Mercator Telescope
(Spain) and Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium)
331
The Goodman spectrograph [5492-139]
J. C. Clemens, J. A. Crain, R. Anderson, Univ. of North Carolina/Chapel Hill (USA)
341
Testing the optics of the instrument ELMER for the GTC 10- m telescope [5492-140]
E. Sanchez-Bianco, M. L. Garcfa-Vargas, Instituto d e Astrofisica d e Canarias (Spain)
353
Ukidna: the RAVE machine [5492-142]
A. J. McGrath, W. Saunders, F. Waison, S. Miziarski, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia)
364
KAOS: kilo-aperture optical spectrograph [5492-143]
S. C. Barden, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia); A. Dey, National Optical Astronomy
Observatory (USA); B. Boyle, Australia Telescope National Facility (Australia); K. Glazebrook,
Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA)
373
Optical design of CAOS: a high-resolution spectropolarimeter for the Catania Astrophysical
Observatory 0.91 -m telescope [5492-144]
P. Spano, Univ. degli Studi di Palermo (Italy) and INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di
Palermo (Italy); F. Leone, S. Scuderi, S. Catalano, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania
(Italy); F. M. Zerbi, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy)
381
Optical design of the PEPSI high-resolution spectrograph at LBT [5492-145]
M. I. Andersen, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (Germany); P. Spano, INAF,
Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (Italy); M. Woche, K. G. Strassmeier,
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (Germany); E. Beckert, Fraunhofer-lnstitut fur
Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik (Germany)
389
AAOmega: a scientific and optical overview [5492-146]
W. Saunders, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia); T. Bridges, Queen's Univ. (Canada);
P. Gillingham, R. Haynes, G. A. Smith, J. D. Whittard, V. Churilov, A. Lankshear, S. Croom,
Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia); D. Jones, Prime Optics (Australia); C. Boshuizen,
Univ. of Sydney (Australia)
401
High-resolution spectrograph with R4 echelle for LAMOST [5492-147]
Y. Zhu, X. Wu, L. Wang, Q. Luo, Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology/
CAS (China)
410
AAOmega: a multipurpose fiber-fed spectrograph for the AAT [5492-148]
G. A. Smith, W. Saunders, T. Bridges, V. Churilov, A. Lankshear, J. Dawson, D. Correll,
L. Waller, R. Haynes, G. Frost, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia)
421
Optical wavelength image slicer [5492-149]
M. C. Doolan, M. A. Dopita, L. E. Waldron, J. Hart, R. Zhelem, G. Bloxham, P. Conroy,
P. McGregor, Mount Stromlo Observatory/The Australian National Univ. (Australia);
L. Pfitzner, Auspace Ltd. (Australia)
429
Optomechanical design of the MUSE spectrograph structure [5492-150]
I. J. Lewis, J. Lynn, S. Yang, W. Lau, R. L. Davies, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
433
A new concept for echelle spectrographs: the SOAR Telescope Echelle Spectrograph
[5492-151]
B. V. Castilho, Lab. Nacional de Astroffsica (Brazil); B. Delabre, European Southern
Observatory (Germany); C. D. Gneiding, Lab. Nacional de Astrofisica (Brazil)
445
Results from upgrades to the radial velocity instrument, ET, at the KPNO 2.1 m [5492-152]
J. C. van Eyken, J. Ge, S. Mahadevan, C. DeWitt, J. Friedman, P. Finnerty, D. Ren,
M. Zugger, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA)
452
A multi-object double spectrograph for the Large Binocular Telescope [5492-153]
D. L. DePoy, B. Atwood, S. R. Belville, D. F. Brewer, P. L. Byard, M. Derwent, J. L. Marshall,
J. A. Mason, C. Morgan, T. P. O'Brien, P. S. Osmer, D. P. Pappalardo, R. W. Pogge,
D. P. Steinbrecher, E. J. Teiga, D. H. Weinberg, The Ohio State Univ. (USA)
463
CHEOPS/ZIMPOL: a VLT instrument study for the poiarimetric search of scattered light from
extrasolar planets [5492-157]
D. Gisler, H. M. Schmid, C. Thalmann, H. P. Povel, J. O. Stenflo, F. Joos, ETH Zurich
(Switzerland); M. Feldt, R. Lenzen, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany);
J. Tinbergen, ASTRON (Netherlands); R. Gratton, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
(Italy); R. Stuik, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands); D. M. Stam, Univ. van Amsterdam
(Netherlands); W. Brandner, S. Hippler, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany);
M. Turatto, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy); R. Neuhauser, FriedrichSchiller-Univ. Jena (Germany); C. Dominik, Univ. van Amsterdam (Netherlands); A. Hatzes,
Thuringian State Observatory (Germany); Th. Henning, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie
(Germany); J. Lima, Univ. de Lisboa (Portugal); A. Quirrenbach, Univ. Leiden Observatory
(Netherlands); L. B. F. M. Waters, Univ. van Amsterdam (Netherlands); G. Wuchterl, FriedrichSchiller-Univ. Jena (Germany); H. Zinnecker, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (Germany)
475
CCD camera and data acquisition system of the scientific instrument ELMER for the GTC
10-m telescope [5492-158]
R. Kohley, J. M. Martfn Fleitas, L. Cavalier-Marques, P. L. Hammersley, M. Suarez-Valles,
R. Vilela, Instituto de Astroffsica de Canarias (Spain); F. Beigbeder, Observatoire MidiPyrenees (France)
484
OmegaCAM: wide-field imaging with fine spatial resolution [5492-159]
K. Kuijken, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands) and Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
(Netherlands); R. Bender, Univ.-Sternwarte Munchen (Germany); E. Cappellaro, INAF,
Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (Italy); B. Muschielok, Univ.-Sternwarte
Munchen (Germany); A. Baruffolo, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy);
E. Cascone, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (Italy); A. Hess, Univ.Sternwarte Munchen (Germany); O. Iwert, European Southern Observatory (Germany);
H. Nicklas, Univ.-Sternwarte Gottingen (Germany); K. Reif, Univ.-Sternwarte Bonn
(Germany); E. A. Valentijn, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (Netherlands); D. Baade,
European Southern Observatory (Germany); K. G. Begeman, Kapteyn Astronomical
Institute (Netherlands); A. Bortolussi, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy);
D. Boxhoorn, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (Netherlands); F. Christen, Kapteyn
Astronomical Institute (Netherlands) and European Southern Observatory (Germany);
E. R. Deul, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands); L. Greggio, INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Padova (Italy); R. Harke, Univ.-Sternwarte Gottingen (Germany); R. Hafner,
U. Hopp, I. Ilijevski, Univ.-Sternwarte Munchen (Germany); G. Klink, Univ. Bonn (Germany);
H. Kravcar, Univ.-Sternwarte Munchen (Germany); C. E. Magagna, INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Padova (Italy); W. Mitsch, Univ.-Sternwarte Munchen (Germany); P. Muller,
Univ. Bonn (Germany); H. Poschmann, Univ.-Sternwarte Bonn (Germany); R. Rengelink, Univ.
Leiden Observatory (Netherlands); W. Wellem, Univ.-Sternwarte Gottingen (Germany)
494
The OmegaCAM real-time image analysis system [5492-160]
K. Kuijken, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands); A. Baruffolo, P. Bagnara, C. Magagna,
INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
500
Multiwavelength imaging concepts for exoplanet detection [5492-161 ]
D. Lafreniere, R. Doyon, R. Racine, C. Marois, D. Nadeau, Univ. de Montreal (Canada)
507
The double Prime Focus camera for the Large Binocular Telescope [5492-162]
R. Ragazzoni, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy) and Max-Planck-lnstitut fur
Astronomie (Germany); E. Giallongo, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy);
F. Pasian, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste (Italy); C. Arcidiacono, INAF,
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy); A. Baruffolo, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di
Padova (Italy); E. Diolaiti, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (Italy); A. Di Paola,
INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy); F. Faccin, J. Farinato, INAF, Osservatorio
Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy); A. Fontana, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy);
F. Gasparo, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste (Italy); F. Pedichini, INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Roma (Italy); R. Smareglia, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste (Italy);
R. Speziali, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy); E. Vernet, INAF, Osservatorio
Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy)
513
Optical alignment of the LBT prime focus camera [5492-163]
E. Diolaiti, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (Italy); J. Farinato, R. Ragazzoni,
E. Vernet, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy); C. Arcidiacono, Univ. degli Studi di
Firenze (Italy); F. Faccin, Univ. degli Studi di Padova (Italy)
525
Subaru next-generation wide-field camera: HyperSuprime [5492-164]
Y. Komiyama, S. Miyazaki, H. Nakaya, H. Furusawa, Subaru Telescope/NAOJ (USA);
K. Takeshi, Okamoto Optics Work, Inc. (Japan)
533
Mass-producing spectra: the SDSS spectrographic system [5492-165]
P. R. Newman, D. C. Long, S. A. Snedden, S. J. Kleinman, A. Nitta, M. Harvanek, Apache
Point Observatory (USA); J. Krzesinski, Apache Point Observatory (USA) and Cracow
Pedagogical Univ. (Poland); H. J. Brewington, J. C. Barentine, Apache Point Observatory
(USA); E. H. Neilsen, Jr., Apache Point Observatory (USA) and Fermi National Accelerator
Lab. (USA); D. J. Schlegel, Princeton Univ. (USA)
545
PEPPER: a photometer designed for the direct detection of extrasolar planets [5492-166]
M. C. Graham, D. E. Potter, L. Close, Steward Observatory/Univ. of Arizona (USA)
553
Mounting large lenses for the MMrs f/5 wide-field corrector: lessons learned [5492-167]
R. G. Fata, V. Kradinov, D. Fabricant, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (USA)
564
The SOAR optical imager: status and first results [5492-168]
H. E. Schwarz, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (Chile); M. C. Ashe, Imaginatics Inc.
(USA) and Southern Astrophysical Research Corp. (USA); M. Boccas, Cerro Tololo InterAmerican Observatory (Chile) and Gemini Observatory (Chile); M. Bonati, Cerro Tololo
Inter-American Observatory (Chile) and California Institute of Technology (USA);
F. Delgado, R. Galvez, M. Martinez, P. Schurter, R. Schmidt, R. Tighe, A. R. Walker, Cerro
Tololo Inter-American Observatory (Chile)
574
Study on the optical fiber positioning medium-term system for LAMOST [5492-170]
H. Hu, X. Peng, C. Zhai, W. Li, X. Xing, Univ. of Science and Technology of China (China)
584
The measurement system for fiber positioning unit of LAMOST [5492-171 ]
W. Li, X. Xing, J. Yi, H. Hu, C. Zhai, Q. Yu, Univ. of Science and Technology of China (China)
592
HIPO: a high-speed imaging photometer for occultations [5492-172]
E. W. Dunham, Lowell Observatory (USA); J. L. Elliot, Lowell Observatory (USA) and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); T. A. Bida, B. W. Taylor, Lowell Observatory
(USA)
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604
Photon counting and fast photometry with L3 CCDs [5492-173]
S. M. Tulloch, Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (Spain)
615
Design of a stable fixed delay interferometer prototype for the ET project [5492-174]
S. Mahadevan, J. Ge, C. DeWitt, J. C. van Eyken, G. Friedman, The Pennsylvania State Univ.
(USA)
624
Design and construction of the IMACS-IFU: a 2000-element integral field unit [5492-175]
J. Schmoll, G. N. Dodsworth, R. Content, J. R. Allington-Smith, Univ. of Durham (United
Kingdom)
634
Cryogenic tests of volume-phase holographic gratings [5492-177]
N. Tamura, G. J. Murray, P. Luke, C. Blackburn, D. J. Robertson, N. A. Dipper, R. M. Sharpies,
J. R. Allington-Smith, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
643
Operational performance of OzPoz: the multifiber positioner on the VLT [5492-178]
P. Gillingham, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia); J. Smoker, European Southern
Observatory (Chile); M. Colless, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia); A. Kaufer,
European Southern Observatory (Chile)
Part Two
POSTER PRESENTATIONS: OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION II
651
Test observations of the Kyoto Tridimensional Spectrograph II at the University of Hawaii
88-in and Subaru Telescopes [5492-179]
H. Sugai, Kyoto Univ. (Japan); T. Hattori, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
(Japan); A. Kawai, Kyoto Univ. (Japan); S. Ozaki, Nishiharima Observatory (Japan);
G. Kosugi, Subaru Telescope/NAOJ (USA); H. Ohtani, Ryukoku Univ. (Japan); T. Hayashi,
Toyama Science Museum (Japan); T. Ishigaki, Hokkaido Univ. (Japan); M. Ishii, Kurashiki
Science Ctr. (Japan); M. Sasaki, Shimonoseki City Univ. (Japan); A. Shimono, Y. Okita,
J. Sudo, Kyoto Univ. (Japan); N. Takeyama, Genesia Corp. (Japan)
661
Development of the Wide- Field Grism Spectrograph 2 [5492-180]
M. Uehara, C. Nagashima, Nagoya Univ. (Japan); K. Sugitani, Nagoya City Univ. (Japan);
M. Watanabe, Subaru Telescope/NAOJ (USA); S. Sato, T. Nagata, Nagoya Univ. (Japan);
M. Tamura, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan); N. Ebizuka, RIKEN-The
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Japan); A. J. Pickles, K. W. Hodapp, Institute
for Astronomy/Univ. of Hawaii (USA); Y. Itoh, Kobe Univ. (Japan); M. Nakano, Oita Univ.
(Japan); K. Ogura, Kokugakuin Univ. (Japan)
669
Performances of HARPS and FEROS fibers in La Silla ESO Observatory [5492-181 ]
G. Avila, European Southern Observatory (Germany); D. Kohler, Observatoire de HauteProvence (France); E. Araya, A. Gilliotte, W. Eckert, European Southern Observatory (Chile)
677
Design of low-cost and reliable instrumentation for robotic telescopes [5492-182]
C. J. Mottram, I. A. Steele, Liverpool John Moores Univ. (United Kingdom); L. Morales,
Southampton Univ. (United Kingdom)
689
The REM optical slitless spectrograph (ROSS) [5492-183]
G. Tosti, M. Bagaglia, C. Campeggi, Univ. degli Studi di Perugia (Italy); N. Masetti, Istituto di
Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, CNR (Italy); A. Monfardini, Ctr. for Advanced
Research in Space Optics, Univ. degli Studi de Trieste (Italy); L. Nicastro, E. Palazzi, Istituto di
Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, CNR (Italy); E. Pian, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di
Trieste (Italy); G. Sciuto, Univ. degli Studi di Perugia (Italy); F. M. Zerbi, INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Brera (Italy); G. Chincarini, Univ. degli Studi di Milano Bicocca (Italy);
L. A. Antonelli, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy); P. Conconi, S. Covino, INAF,
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); G. Cutispoto, M. Rodono, INAF, Osservatorio
Astrofisico di Catania (Italy); E. Molinari, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy)
701
Integral field spectroscopy with the Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph [5492-184]
J. R. Allington-Smith, C. M. Dubbeldam, R. Content, C. J. Dunlop, D. J. Robertson, Univ. of
Durham (United Kingdom); J. Elias, National Optical Astronomy Observatory (USA);
B. Rodgers, J. E. Turner, Gemini South Observatory (Chile)
711
All-sky extrasolar planet searches with multi-object dispersed fixed-delay interferometer in
optical and near IR [5492-186]
J. Ge, S. Mahadevan, J. C. van Eyken, C. DeWitt, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA) and
Univ. of Florida (USA); J. Friedman, D. Ren, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA)
719
Development of the wide-field IFU PPak [5492-187]
A. Kelz, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (Germany); M. Verheijen, Astrophysikalisches
Institut Potsdam (Germany) and Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (Netherlands); M. M. Roth,
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (Germany); U. Laux, Thuringer Landessternwarte
Tautenburg (Germany); S. Bauer, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (Germany)
731
Faint object 3D spectroscopy with PMAS [5492-188]
M. M. Roth, T. Becker, A. Kelz, P. B6hm, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (Germany)
739
An image motion compensation system for the Multi-Object Double Spectrograph
[5492-189]
J. L. Marshall, B. Atwood, P. L. Byard, D. L. DePoy, T. P. O'Brien, R. W. Pogge, The Ohio State
Univ. (USA)
751
First light performance of a near-UV spatial heterodyne spectrometer for interstellar
emission line studies [5492-190]
E. J. Mierkiewicz, F. L. Roesler, Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison (USA); J. M. Harlander, St. Cloud
State Univ. (USA); R. J. Reynolds, K. P. Jaehnig, Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison (USA)
767
The 4.5- m MMT's f/5 wide-field optics and instruments [5492-192]
D. Fabricant, R. G. Fata, B. A. McLeod, A. H. Szentgyorgyi, J. Barberis, H. W. Bergner,
W. R. Brown, N. Caldwell, M. A. Conroy, R. Eng, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics
(USA); H. Epps, Lick Oservatory, Univ. of California/Santa Cruz (USA); G. Furesz, T. M. Gauron,
J. Geary, R. E. Goddard, L. Hartmann, E. N. Hertz, M. Honsa, M. Mueller, T. J. Norton,
M. P. Ordway, J. B. Roll, Jr., Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (USA); G. G. Williams,
MMT Observatory (USA); D. L. Freedman-Woods, J. Zajac, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for
Astrophysics (USA)
XII
779
Double Bragg grating tunable filter [5492-193]
S. Blais-Ouellette, Photon etc. Inc. (Canada) and California Institute of Technology (USA);
E. H. Wishnow, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA); P. L. Shopbell, California Institute of
Technology (USA); W. van Breugel, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA); K. Taylor,
R. Smith, California Institute of Technology (USA)
787
90prime: a prime focus imager for the Steward Observatory 90-in. telescope [5492-195]
G. G. Williams, MMT Observatory (USA); E. W. Olszewski, Steward Observatory/Univ. of
Arizona (USA); M. P. Lesser, Steward Observatory/Univ. of Arizona (USA) and Imaging
Technology Lab./Univ. of Arizona (USA); J. H. Burge, Steward Observatory/Univ. of Arizona
(USA) and Optical Sciences Ctr./Univ. of Arizona (USA)
799
The DEIMOS flexure compensation system: overview and operational results [5492-197]
R. I. Kibrick, S. L. Allen, D. A. Clarke, S. M. Faber, A. C. Phillips, Lick Observatory, Univ. of
California/Santa Cruz (USA); G. D. Wirth, W.M. Keck Observatory (USA)
811
AFOS: probing the UV-visible potential of the Antarctic plateau [5492-198]
J. T. Dempsey, J. W. V. Storey, M. C. B. Ashley, M. G. Burton, P. G. Calisse, Univ. of New South
Wales (Australia); M. A. Jarnyk, The Australian National Univ. (Australia)
822
Adaptive-optics-assisted integral field spectroscopy with OASIS and NAOMI [5492-200]
R. McDermid, Univ. Leiden (Netherlands); R. Bacon, G. Adam, Ctr. de Recherche
Astronomique de Lyon (France); C. Benn, Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (Spain);
M. Cappellari, Univ. Leiden (Netherlands)
830
Mercator and the P7-2000 photometer [5492-201 ]
G. Raskin, Mercator Telescope (Spain) and Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium); G. Burki,
M. Burnet, Observatoire de Geneve (Switzerland); G. Davignon, Mercator Telescope
(Spain) and Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium); R. Dubosson, E. Ischi, M. George,
M. Grenon, C. Maire, Observatoire de Geneve (Switzerland); H. Van Winckel, C. Waelkens,
Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium); L. Weber, Observatoire de Geneve (Switzerland)
841
Wide-field corrector with ADC compensator and image stabilizer for f/1.7 Gemini
telescope prime focus [5492-202]
M. Liang, National Optical Astronomy Observatory (USA); S. C. Barden, Anglo-Australian
Observatory (Australia); R. Robles, National Optical Astronomy Observatory (USA)
852
Data acquisition system for the instruments of Subaru Telescope [5492-203]
H. Nakaya, Subaru Telescope/NAOJ (USA)
859
Robotic telescope for rapid gamma-ray burst follow-up observations (Invited Paper)
[5492-204]
R. Sato, N. Kawai, M. Suzuki, Y. Yatsu, J. Kataoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
871
CCD camera and automatic data reduction pipeline for the Mercator telescope on La
Palma [5492-205]
G. Davignon, Mercator Telescope (Spain) and Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium);
A. Blecha, G. Burki, F. Carrier, Observatoire de Geneve (Switzerland); M. Groenewegen,
Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium); C. Maire, Observatoire de Geneve (Switzerland);
G. Raskin, Mercator Telescope (Spain) and Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium);
H. Van Winckel, Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium); L. Weber, Observatoire de Geneve
(Switzerland)
880
OSIRIS camera barrel optomechanical design [5492-208]
A. Farah, C. Tejada, J. Gonzalez, F. J. Cobos, B. Sanchez, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico (Mexico); J. Fuentes, Instituto d e Astrofisica d e Canarias (Spain); E. Ruiz, Univ.
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mexico)
891
Instrument remote control project at TNG: SARG implementation [5492-210]
R. Cosentino, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (Italy) and Telescopio Nazionale
Galileo (Spain); P. Bruno, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (Italy); M. Gonzalez,
M. Huertas, Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (Spain); S. Scuderi, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico
di Catania (Italy)
900
Large Binocular Camera: the final acceptance tests of the blue channel [5492-213]
R. Speziali, F. Pedichini, A. Di Paola, A. Fontana, E. Giallongo, INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Roma (Italy)
909
MUSE optomechanical design and performance [5492-214]
F. Henault, R. Bacon, Observatoire d e Lyon (France); H. Dekker, B. Delabre, European
Southern Observatory (Germany); S. Djidel, J.-P. Dubois, Observatoire de Lyon (France);
N. Hubin, European Southern Observatory (Germany); B. Lantz, Observatoire de Lyon
(France); W. Lau, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); M. Le Louarn, European Southern
Observatory (Germany); I. J. Lewis, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); J.-L. Lizon, European
Southern Observatory (Germany); J. Lynn, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); L. Pasquini,
R. Reiss, European Southern Observatory (Germany); M. M. Roth, Astrophysikalisches Institut
Potsdam (Germany)
921
Optical and optomechanical design of the WIYN High-Resolution Infrared Camera
[5492-216]
R. H. Barkhouser, S. A. Smee, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); M. Meixner, Space Telescope
Science Institute (USA)
932
A fiber-fed VPHG-based high-resolution spectrograph for moderate-aperture robotic
telescopes [5492-217]
G. Toso, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); R. Mazzoleni, European Southern
Observatory (Germany); F. M. Zerbi, P. Conconi, E. Molinari, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico
di Brera (Italy)
SESSION 7
SOLAR INSTRUMENTATION
944
Instrumentation for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (Invited Paper) [5492-29]
T. R. Rimmele, R. P. Hubbard, K. S. Balasubramaniam, National Solar Observatory (USA);
T. Berger, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab. (USA); D. Elmore, High Altitude
Observatory (USA); G. A. Gary, NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr. (USA); D. Jennings, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); C. Keller, National Solar Observatory (USA); J. Kuhn, H. Lin,
D. Mickey, Institute for Astronomy/Univ. of Hawaii (USA); G. Moretto, National Solar
Observatory (USA); H. Socas-Navarro, High Altitude Observatory (USA); J. O. Stenflo, ETH
Zurich (Switzerland); H. Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)
958
The development of filter vector magnetographs for the Solar Magnetic Activity Research
Telescope (SMART) [5492-31]
S. Ueno, S. Nagata, R. Kitai, H. Kurokawa, Kwasan and Hida Observatories/Kyoto Univ.
(Japan); K. Ichimoto, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)
SESSION 8
INFRARED IMAGING I
970
A novel simultaneous differential imager for the direct imaging of giant planets [5492-32]
R. Lenzen, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany); L. Close, Steward Observatory/
Univ. of Arizona (USA); W. Brandner, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany); B. Biller,
Steward Observatory/Univ. of Arizona (USA); M. Hartung, European Southern Observatory
(Chile)
978
WIRCam: the infrared wide-field camera for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
[5492-33]
P. Puget, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp. (USA); E. Stadler, Lab. d'Astrophysique
de Grenoble (France); R. Doyon, Univ. de Montreal (Canada); P. Gigan, Observatoire de
Paris-Meudon (France); S. Thibault, INO (Canada); G. Luppino, GL Scientific (USA);
G. Barrick, T. Benedict, T. Forveille, W. Rambold, J. Thomas, T. Vermeulen, J. Ward, CanadaFrance-Hawaii Telescope Corp. (USA); J.-L. Beuzit, P. Feautrier, Y. Magnard, G. Mella,
O. Preis, Lab. d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (France); P. Vallee, Univ. de Montreal
(Canada); S. Wang, C. Lin, Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (Taiwan); D. N. Hall,
K. W. Hodapp, Institute for Astronomy/Univ. of Hawaii (USA)
SESSION 9
INFRARED IMAGING II
988
The VISTA IR camera [5492-34]
G. B. Dalton, M. Caldwell, K. Ward, M. S. Whalley, K. Burke, J. M. Lucas, T. Richards, M. Ferlet,
R. L Edeson, D. Tye, B. M. Shaughnessy, Rutherford Appleton Lab. (United Kingdom);
M. Strachan, E. Atad-Ettedgui, M. R. Leclerc, A. Gallie, N. N. Bezawada, UK Astronomy
Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom); P. Clark, N. Bissonauth, P. Luke, N. A. Dipper, P. Berry,
Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom); W. Sutherland, Institute of Astronomy/Cambridge Univ.
(United Kingdom); J. Emerson, Queen Mary Univ. of London (United Kingdom)
998
IRIS2: a working infrared multi-object spectrograph and camera [5492-35]
C. G. Tinney, S. D. Ryder, S. C. Ellis, V. Churilov, J. Dawson, G. A. Smith, L. Waller,
J. D. Whittard, R. Haynes, A. Lankshear, J. R. Barton, C. J. Evans, K. Shortridge, T. Farrell,
J. Bailey, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia)
1010
The science case of the CHEOPS planet finder for VLT [5492-37]
R. Gratton, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy); M. Feldt, Max-Planck-lnstitut
fur Astronomie (Germany); H. M. Schmid, ETH Zurich (Switzerland); W. Brandner, S. Hippler,
Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany); R. Neuhauser, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena
(Germany); A. Quirrenbach, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands); S. Desidera,
M. Turatto, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy); D. M. Stam, Univ. van
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
1022
DAzLE: the dark ages z (redshift) Lyman-a Explorer [5492-38]
A. Horton, I. Parry, Institute of Astronomy/Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom);
J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. Cianci, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia); D. King,
R. McMahon, S. Medlen, Institute of Astronomy/Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
1033
Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) [5492-39]
P. McGregor, J. Hart, D. Stevanovic, G. Bloxham, The Australian National Univ. (Australia);
D. Jones, Prime Optics (Australia); J. Van Harmelen, J. Griesbach, M. Dawson, P. Young,
M. A. Jarnyk, The Australian National Univ. (Australia)
1045
SESSION 10
The LINC-NIRVANA interferometric imager for the Large Binocular Telescope [5492-40]
T. M. Herbst, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany); R. Ragazzoni, Max-Plancklnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany) a n d INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy);
A. Eckart, Univ. zu Koln (Germany); G. Weigelt, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Radioastronomie
(Germany)
AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION
1053
The SOFIA science instrument program: lessons learned [5492-41 ]
S. C. Casey, M. L. Savage, Universities Space Research Association (USA); E. E. Becklin, Univ.
of California/Los Angeles (USA)
1064
Development of the HAWC far-infrared camera for SOFIA [5492-42]
D. A. Harper, Yerkes Observatory/Univ. of Chicago (USA) and Univ. of Chicago (USA);
A. E. Bartels, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); S. C. Casey, Universities Space
Research Association (USA); D. T. Chuss, NASA G o d d a r d Space Flight Ctr. (USA);
J. L. Dotson, NASA Ames Research Ctr. (USA); Rh. Evans, Univ. of Glamorgan (United
Kingdom); S. Heimsath, Univ. of Chicago (USA); R. A. Hirsch, S. Knudsen, R. F. Loewenstein,
Yerkes Observatory/Univ. of Chicago (USA); S. H. Moseley, NASA G o d d a r d Space Flight Ctr.
(USA); M. Newcomb, R. J. Pernic, Yerkes Observatory/Univ. of Chicago (USA); T. S. Rennick,
Univ. of Chicago (USA); E. Sandberg, D. B. Sandford, Yerkes Observatory/Univ. of Chicago
(USA); M. L Savage, NASA Ames Research Ctr. (USA); R. F. Silverberg, NASA Goddard
Space Flight Ctr. (USA); R. Spotz, Yerkes Observatory/Univ. of Chicago (USA);
G. M. Voellmer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); P. W. Waltz, Univ. of Chicago (USA);
S. Wang, CMC Electronics, Inc. (USA); C. Wirth, Yerkes Observatory/Univ. of Chicago (USA)
1074
FIFI LS: the far-infrared integral field spectrometer for SOFIA [5492-43]
W. Raab, A. Poglitsch, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany);
L W. Looney, Univ. of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign (USA); R. Klein, N. Geis, R. Hoenle,
W. Viehhauser, R. Genzel, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany);
M. Hamidouche, Univ. of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign (USA); T. Henning, Max-Planck-lnstitut
fur Astronomie (Germany); E. E. Haller, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA)
1086
First test results from FORCAST: the facility mid-IR camera for SOFIA [5492-44]
L D. Keller, Cornell Univ. (USA) a n d Ithaca College (USA); T. Herter, G. Stacey, G. Gull,
J. Schoenwald, B. Pirger, J. Adams, M. Berthoud, T. Nikola, Cornell Univ. (USA)
SESSION 11
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY I
1094
First light for LIRIS (long-slit intermediate-resolution infrared spectrograph) [5492-46]
A. Manchado, M. Barreto, J. Acosta-Pulido, E. Ballesteros, R. Barreto, E. Cadavid,
J. Carrillo, M. Charcos, S. Correa, J. M. Delgado, C. Domfnguez-Tagle, O. Gonzalez,
E. Hernandez, R. Lopez, H. Moreno, J. Olives, L. Peraza, F. Prada, P. Redondo, V. Sanchez,
N. Sosa, F. Tenegi, M. J. Vidal, Instituto d e Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
1105
Design and performance of a MEMS-based infrared multi-object spectrometer [5492-47]
J. W. MacKenty, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); R. F. Green, Kitt Peak National
Observatory (USA); M. A. Greenhouse, R. G. Ohl, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)
XV
1114
Integration, testing, and performance of the Infrared Multi-Object Spectrometer [5492-48]
R. G. Ohl, J. A. Connelly, R. F. Boyle, R. J. Derro, D. L. Fitzgerald, M. A. Greenhouse,
T. J. Madison, J. E. Mentzell, B. Nord, L. M. Sparr, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA);
J. E. Hylan, K. Ray, Swales Aerospace, Inc. (USA); J. W. MacKenty, Space Telescope
Science Institute (USA)
1123
On-sky performance of SPIFFI: the integral field spectrometer for SINFONI at the VLT
[5492-49]
C. Iserlohe, Univ. zu Koln (Germany); M. Tecza, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom);
F. Eisenhauer, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany); R. Genzel, MaxPlanck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany) and Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA);
N. A. Thatte, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); R. Abuter, M. J. Horrobin, A. Schegerer, MaxPlanck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany); J. Schreiber, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur
Astronomie (Germany); H. Bonnet, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
1135
CIRPASS: description, performance, and astronomical results [5492-50]
I. Parry, Institute of Astronomy/Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom); A. Bunker, Univ. of
Exeter (United Kingdom); A. Dean, M. Doherty, A. Horton, D. King, M. Lemoine-Busserole,
C. D. Mackay, R. McMahon, S. Medlen, Institute of Astronomy/Univ. of Cambridge (United
Kingdom); R. G. Sharp, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia); J. Smith, Institute of
Astronomy/Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
1145
XVI
The second-generation VLT instrument MUSE: science drivers and instrument design
[5492-51]
R. Bacon, Observatoire de Lyon (France); S. Bauer, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
(Germany); R. Bower, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom); S. Cabrit, Observatoire de Paris
(France); M. Cappellari, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands); M. Carollo, ETH Zurich
(Switzerland); F. Combes, Observatoire de Paris (France); R. L. Davies, Univ. of Oxford
(United Kingdom); B. Delabre, H. Dekker, European Southern Observatory (Germany);
J. Devriendt, S. Djidel, Observatoire de Lyon (France); M. Duchateau, European Southern
Observatory (Germany); J.-P. Dubois, E. Emsellem, P. Ferruit, Observatoire de Lyon (France);
M. Franx, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands); G. F. Gilmore, Institute of Astronomy/Univ.
of Cambridge (United Kingdom); B. Guiderdoni, F. Henault, Observatoire de Lyon (France);
N. Hubin, European Southern Observatory (Germany); B. Jungwiert, Observatoire de Lyon
(France); A. Kelz, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (Germany); M. Le Louarn, European
Southern Observatory (Germany); I. J. Lewis, ETH Zurich (Switzerland); J.-L. Lizon, European
Southern Observatory (Germany); R. McDermid, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands);
S. L. Morris, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom); U. Laux, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
(Germany); O. Le Fevre, Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille-Provence (France);
B. Lantz, Observatoire de Lyon (France); S. Lilly, J. Lynn, ETH Zurich (Switzerland); L. Pasquini,
European Southern Observatory (Germany); A. Pecontal, Observatoire de Lyon (France);
P. Pinet, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees (France); D. Popovic, European Southern Observatory
(Germany); A. Quirrenbach, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands); R. Reiss, European
Southern Observatory (Germany); M. M. Roth, M. Steinmetz, Astrophysikalisches Institut
Potsdam (Germany); R. Stuik, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands); L. Wisotzki,
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (Germany); P. T. de Zeeuw, Univ. Leiden Observatory
(Netherlands)
SESSION 12
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY II
1150
LRS- J: instrument design and characterization [5492-52]
J. R. Tufts, Univ. of Texas/Austin (USA); G. J. Hill, P. J. MacQueen, McDonald Observatory,
Univ. of Texas/Austin (USA); M. J. Wolf, Univ. of Texas/Austin (USA)
1160
The commissioning of and first results from the UIST imager spectrometer [5492-53]
S. K. Ramsay Howat, S. Todd, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom); S. Leggett,
C. Davis, Joint Astronomy Ctr. (USA); M. Strachan, A. Borrowman, M. Ellis, J. Elliot, D. Gostick,
UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom); R. Kackley, M. Rippa, Joint Astronomy Ctr.
(USA)
1172
Near-infrared cryogenic tunable solid Fabry-Perot spectrometer [5492-54]
A. S. Kutyrev, Science Systems a n d Applications, Inc. (USA) and NASA G o d d a r d Space
Flight Ctr. (USA); C. L. Bennett, S. H. Moseley, D. Rapchun, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.
(USA); K. P. Stewart, Naval Research Lab. (USA)
Part Three
SESSION 13
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY III
1179
KMOS: an infrared multiple-object integral field spectrograph for the ESO VLT [5492-55]
R. M. Sharpies, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom); R. Bender, Univ.-Sternwarte Munchen
(Germany) and Max-Planck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany); M. D. Lehnert,
Max-Planck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany); S. K. Ramsay Howat, UK
Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom); M. N. Bremer, Univ. of Bristol (United
Kingdom); R. L. Davies, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); R. Genzel, R. Hofmann, MaxPlanck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany); R. J. Ivison, UK Astronomy Technology
Ctr. (United Kingdom); R. Saglia, Max-Planck-lnstitut fOr extraterrestrische Physik (Germany);
N. A. Thatte, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
1187
EMIR: the GTC NIR multi-object imager spectrograph [5492-57]
F. Garzon, Instituto d e Astrofisica d e Canarias (Spain) a n d Univ. de La Laguna (Spain);
D. Abreu, S. Barrera, S. Correa, J. J. Dfaz, A. B. Fragoso, F. J. Fuentes, F. G a g o , C. Gonzalez,
P. Lopez, A. Manescau, J. Patron, J. Perez, P. Redondo, R. Restrepo, V. Sanchez, A. Villegas,
Instituto de Astroffsica de Canarias (Spain)
1196
FLAMINGOS-2: the facility near-infrared wide-field imager and multi-object spectrograph
for Gemini [5492-58]
S. S. Eikenberry, R. Elston, S. N. Raines, J. Julian, K. Hanna, D. Hoh, R. Julian, R. Corley,
D. Rashkin, Univ. of Florida (USA); B. Leckie, W. R. Gardhouse, M. Fletcher, J. Dunn, R. Wooff,
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics/NRC (Canada)
1208
LUCIFER status report summer 2004 [5492-59]
H. Mandel, I. Appenzeller, W. Seifert, Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Konigstuhl (Germany);
H. Baumeister, P. Bizenberger, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany); R.-J. Dettmar,
Ruhr-Univ. Bochum (Germany); H. Gemperlein, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische
Physik (Germany); B. Grimm, T. M. Herbst, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany);
R. Hofmann, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany); M. Jutte, Ruhr-Univ.
Bochum (Germany); W. Laun, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany); M. Lehmitz,
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Konigstuhl (Germany); S. Ligori, R. Lenzen, Max-Planck-lnstitut
fur Astronomie (Germany); K. Polsterer, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum (Germany); R.-R. Rohloff, MaxPlanck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany); A. Schutze, A. Seltmann, Landessternwarte
Heidelberg-Konigstuhl (Germany); P. Weiser, Fachhochschule Mannheim (Germany);
H. Weisz, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany); W. Xu, Max-Plancklnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany)
1218
CRIRES: a high-resolution infrared spectrograph for ESO's VLT [5492-60]
H. U. Kaufl, P. Ballester, P. Biereichel, B. Delabre, R. Donaldson, R. Dorn, E. Fedrigo, G. Finger,
G. Fischer, F. Franza, D. Gojak, G. Huster, Y. Jung, J.-L. Lizon, L. Mehrgan, M. Meyer,
A. F. M. Moorwood, J.-F. Pirard, J. Paufique, E. Pozna, R. Siebenmorgen, A. Silber,
J. Stegmeier, S. Wegerer, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS: INFRARED INSTRUMENTATION
XVIII
1228
Echidna: the engineering challenges [5492-65]
J. K. Brzeski, P. Gillingham, D. Correll, J. Dawson, A. M. Moore, R. Muller, S. Smedley,
G. A. Smith, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia)
1243
The cryogenic MOS unit for LUCIFER [5492-66]
R. Hofmann, H. Gemperlein, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany);
B. Grimm, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany); M. Jutte, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum
(Germany); H. Mandel, Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Konigstuhl (Germany); K. Polsterer,
Ruhr-Univ. Bochum (Germany); H. Weisz, Ingenieurburo fOr den Maschinenbau (Germany)
1254
Design, fabrication, assembly, and testing of the Florida image siicer for infrared
cosmology and astrophysics (FISICA) integral field unit [5492-67]
P. E. Glenn, C. G. Hull-Allen, Bauer Associates, Inc. (USA); J. Hoffman, J. M. Rodgers,
K. Thompson, Optical Research Associates (USA); B. Myrick, L. Comstock, S. Flint, Corning
NetOptix (USA); G. Boreman, College of Optics and Photonics/Univ. of Central Florida
(USA); S. S. Eikenberry, R. Elston, R. Guzman, J. Julian, S. N. Raines, Univ. of Florida (USA)
1264
FISICA: The Florida image siicer for infrared cosmology and astrophysics [5492-68]
S. S. Eikenberry, R. Elston, R. Guzman, J. Julian, S. N. Raines, N. Gruel, Univ. of Florida (USA);
G. Boreman, College of Optics and Photonics/Univ. of Central Florida (USA); P. E. Glenn,
C. G. Hull-Allen, Bauer Associates, Inc. (USA); J. Hoffman, M. Rodgers, K. Thompson, Optical
Research Associates (USA); S. Flint, L. Comstock, B. Myrick, Corning NetOptix (USA)
1274
GIANO: an uitrastable IR echelle spectrometer optimized for high-precision radial velocity
measurements and for high-throughput low-resolution spectroscopy [5492-69]
E. Oliva, INAF, Ctr. Galileo Galilei (Spain) and INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy);
L. Origlia, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (Italy); R. Maiolino, S. Gennari,
V. Biliotti, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy); E. Rossetti, INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Bologna (Italy); C. Baffa, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy);
F. Leone, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (Italy); P. Montegriffo, M. Lolli, INAF,
Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (Italy); F. D'Amato, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica
Applicata (Italy); P. Bruno, S. Scuderi, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (Italy);
F. Ghinassi, M. Gonzalez, M. Lodi, INAF, Ctr. Galileo Galilei (Spain); G. Falcini, E. Giani, INAF,
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy); G. Marcucci, Univ. degli Studi di Firenze (Italy);
M.Sozzi, INAF, IRA (Italy)
1280
EMIR electronics and mechanism control [5492-70]
F. Gago, J. J. Diaz, P. Redondo, C. Gonzalez, Instituto de Astroffsica de Canarias (Spain);
F. Beigbeder, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees (France); Y. Chapon, Instituto de Astroffsica de
Canarias (Spain); F. Garzon, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain) and Univ. de La
Laguna (Spain); J. Patron, Instituto de Astroffsica de Canarias (Spain)
1290
A new wide-field spectrograph [5492-72]
E. Ansbro, Space Exploration Ltd. (Ireland)
1295
Mass producing an efficient NIR spectrograph [5492-73]
J. C. Wilson, Univ. of Virginia (USA); C. P. Henderson, T. L. Herter, Cornell Univ. (USA);
K. Matthews, California Institute of Technology (USA); M. F. Skrutskie, Univ. of Virginia (USA);
J. D. Adams, Cornell Univ. (USA); D.-S. Moon, R. Smith, California Institute of Technology
(USA); N. Gautier, M. Ressler, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); B. T. Soifer, S. Lin, California Institute
of Technology (USA); J. Howard, J. LaMarr, T. Stolberg, J. Zink, Axsys IR Systems (USA)
1306
MMT and Magellan infrared spectrograph [5492-74]
B. A. McLeod, D. Fabricant, J. Geary, P. Martini, G. Nystrom, Smithsonian Astrophysics
Observatory (USA); R. Elston, S. S. Eikenberry, Univ. of Florida (USA); H. Epps, Lick
Observatory, Univ. of California/Santa Cruz (USA)
1314
The fiber multi-object spectrograph (FMOS) for the Subaru Telescope III [5492-75]
S. Eto, T. Maihara, K. Ohta, F. Iwamuro, M. Kimura, D. Mochida, S. Wada, S. Imai, Y. Narita,
Kyoto Univ. (Japan); Y. Nakajima, Nakajima Bunko Ltd. (Japan); H. Karoji, J. Noumaru,
M. Akiyama, Subaru Telescope/NAOJ (USA); P. Gillingham, S. Smedley, Anglo-Australian
Observatory (Australia); N. Tamura, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
1319
EMIR mechanical design status [5492-76]
F. J. Fuentes, V. Sanchez, S. Barrera, S. Correa, J. Perez, P. Redondo, R. Restrepo, F. Tenegi,
A. Villegas, J. Patron, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain); F. Garzon, Instituto de
Astroffsica de Canarias (Spain) and Univ. de la Laguna (Spain)
1331
Structural and thermal analysis of EMIR [5492-77]
S. Correa, R. Restrepo, F. Tenegi, F. J. Fuentes, V. Sanchez, S. Barrera, J. Perez, P. Redondo,
A. Villegas, F. Garzon, J. Patron, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
1343
LUCIFER: status and results of the hardware testing [5492-78]
W. Seifert, Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Konigstuhl (Germany); W. Laun, Max-Planck-lnstitut
fur Astronomie (Germany); M. Lehmitz, H. Mandel, A. Schutze, A. Seltmann,
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Konigstuhl (Germany)
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1351
CHEOPS NIR IFS: exploring stars neighborhood spectroscopicaiiy [5492-79]
R. U. Claudi, M. Turatto, R. Gratton, J. Antichi, S. Buson, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di
Padova (Italy); C. Pernechele, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari (Italy);
S. Desidera, A. Baruffolo, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy); J. Lima, Univ. de
Lisboa (Portugal); J. Alcala, E. Cascone, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Napoli (Italy);
G. Piotto, S. Ortolani, Univ. degli Studi di Padova (Italy); H. M. Schmid, ETH Zurich
(Switzerland); M. Feldt, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany); R. Neuhauser,
Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena (Germany); R. Waters, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands);
A. Berton, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy) and Max-Planck-lnstitut fur
Astronomie (Germany); P. Bagnara, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
1362
The current status of the UK-FMOS spectrograph [5492-80]
I. A. Tosh, G. F. Woodhouse, T. Froud, A. Dowell, M. Patel, M. Wallner, Rutherford Appleton
Lab. (United Kingdom); I. J. Lewis, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); G. B. Dalton,
Rutherford Appleton Lab. (United Kingdom) and Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom);
A. Holmes, B. Brooks, C. Band, D. G. Bonfield, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom);
G. J. Murray, D. J. Robertson, N. A. Dipper, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
1371
A prototype cryogenic pick-off arm for multi-IFU spectrometers [5492-81]
S. K. Ramsay Howat, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom); D. J. Robertson, Univ.
of Durham (United Kingdom); A. Haslehurst, EADS Astrium (United Kingdom); J. Schmoll,
Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom); P. Parr Burman, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United
Kingdom); R. M. Sharpies, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom); C. Dickson, P. Hastings,
D. Lee, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom); P. Luke, Univ. of Durham (United
Kingdom); P. McMahon, N. Phillips, EADS Astrium (United Kingdom); M. Wells,
C. Cunningham, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom); N. A. Dipper, R. Aspey,
Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
1383
An ultraprecision fiber connector for FMOS [5492-82]
G. J. Murray, G. N. Dodsworth, R. Content, N. Tamura, D. J. Robertson, D. Gedge, Univ. of
Durham (United Kingdom); B. Brooks, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
1395
Design study for the KMOS spectrograph module [5492-84]
M. Tecza, N. A. Thatte, I. J. Lewis, J. Lynn, W. Lau, S. Yang, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom);
I. A. Tosh, Rutherford Appleton Lab. (United Kingdom); M. Wells, UK Astronomy Technology
Ctr. (United Kingdom)
1403
Data reduction pipeline for OSIRIS, the new NIR diffraction-limited imaging field
spectrograph for the Keck adaptive optics system [5492-85]
A. Krabbe, Univ. zu Koln (Germany); T. Gasaway, Univ. of California/San Diego (USA);
I. Song, Univ. of California/Los Angeles (USA); C. Iserlohe, Univ. zu Koln (Germany); J. Weiss,
J. E. Larkin, M. Barczys, D. Lafreniere, Univ. of California/Los Angeles (USA)
1411
A high-efficiency near-infrared spectrograph for the Apache Point 3.5-m telescope
[5492-86]
A. Uomoto, S. A. Smee, R. H. Barkhouser, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA)
1423
AMBER instrument control software [5492-87]
E. P. leCoarer, G. Zins, L. Gluck, G. Duvert, Lab. d'Astrophysique de I'Observatoire de
Grenoble (France); T. Driebe, K. Ohnaka, M. Heininger, C. Connot, J. Behrend, Max-Plancklnstitut fur Radioastronomie (Germany); M. Dugue, J. M. Clausse, Observatoire de la Cote
d'Azur (France); F. Millour, Lab. d'Astrophysique de I'Observatoire de Grenoble (France)
and Univ. de Nice (France)
1431
Very low resolution disperser of CHEOPS NIR integral field spectrograph [5492-89]
R. U. Claudi, S. Buson, S. Desidera, M. Turatto, R. Gratton, J. Antichi, INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
POSTER POPS: INFRARED, SOLAR AND ELT INSTRUMENTATION
1440
Design study for the WIYN high-resolution infrared camera [5492-90]
M.^Meixner, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); P. Knezek, WIYN
Observatory/National Optical Astronomy Observatory (USA); E. Churchwell, Univ. of
Wisconsin/Madison (USA); R. Doering, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA);
R. Indebetouw, Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison (USA); D. Figer, J. W. MacKenty, A. Fruchter,
Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); R. H. Barkhouser, S. A. Smee, Johns Hopkins Univ.
(USA)
1450
A 350-um array polarimeter using translational modulators [5492-91 ]
D. T. Chuss, D. J. Benford, NASA G o d d a r d Space Flight Ctr. (USA); C. Walker, Univ. of
Arizona (USA); S. H. Moseley, NASA G o d d a r d Space Flight Ctr. (USA); G. Novak,
Northwestern Univ. (USA); J. G. Staguhn, E. J. Wollack, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.
(USA)
1461
The LINC-NIRVANA cryogenic interferometric camera [5492-92]
P. Bizenberger, D. Andersen, H. Baumeister, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany);
U. Beckmann, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Radioastronomie (Germany); E. Diolaiti, INAF,
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy); T. M. Herbst, W. Laun, L. Mohr, V. Naranjo, MaxPlanck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany); C. Straubmeier, Univ. zu Koln (Germany)
1471
A prime focus camera for the Discovery Channel Telescope [5492-93]
E. W. Dunham, T. A. Sebring, Lowell Observatory (USA)
1479
CPAPIR: a wide-field infrared camera for the Observatoire du Mont Megantic [5492-94]
E. Artigau, R. Doyon, P. Vallee, M. Riopel, D. Nadeau, Univ. d e Montreal (Canada)
1487
A Martin-Puplett architecture for polarization modulation and calibration [5492-95]
D. T. Chuss, S. H. Moseley, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); G. Novak, Northwestern
Univ. (USA); E. J. Wollack, NASA G o d d a r d Space Flight Ctr. (USA)
1498
Four years of good SpeX [5492-98]
J. T. Rayner, P. M. Onaka, M. C. Cushing, Univ. of Hawaii (USA); W. D. V a c c a , Universities
Space Research Association (USA)
1510
Mechanics of LIRIS (long-slit intermediate-resolution infrared spectrograph) at first
commissioning [5492-99]
E. Hernandez, J. Acosta-Pulido, E. Cadavid, S. Correa, L. Peraza, P. Redondo, V. Sanchez,
F. Tenegi, A. M a n c h a d o , M. Barreto, Instituto d e Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
1520
Preparation and testing of a fiber MOS unit feeding a near-infrared spectrograph [5492-100]
R. Speziali, D. Liberi, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy); F. Cortecchia, INAF,
Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (Italy); F. D'Alessio, G. Li Causi, D. Lorenzetti,
F. Pedichini, F. Vitali, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy)
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XXII
1531
Commissioning of the NACO Fabry-Perot interferometer at the VLT [5492-101]
M. Hartung, C. Lidman, N. Ageorges, O. Marco, European Southern Observatory (Chile);
M. E. Kasper, Y. Clenet, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
1542
Performance update of the infrared camera and spectrograph for the Subaru Telescope
(IRCS) [5492-102]
H. Terada, N. Kobayashi, Subaru Telescope/NAOJ (USA); A. T. Tokunaga, Institute for
Astronomy/Univ. of Hawaii (USA); T. Pyo, K. Nedachi, M. Weber, R. Potter, Subaru
Telescope/NAOJ (USA); P. M. Onaka, Institute for Astronomy/Univ. of Hawaii (USA)
1551
Astronomical observation through the NIR atmospheric emissive layer [5492-103]
G. Moreels, Observatoire de Besancon (France); M. Faivre, Clemson Univ. (USA);
O. Lorin, Observatoire de Besancon (France); D. Pautet, Utah State Univ. (USA);
F. Colas, Observatoire de Paris (France); J. Clairemidi, Observatoire de Besancon (France)
1561
Clio: a 5-ytm camera for the detection of giant exoplanets [5492-104]
M. Freed, P. M. Hinz, M. R. Meyer, N. M. Milton, M. Lloyd-Hart, Steward Observatory/Univ. of
Arizona (USA)
1572
Engineering performance of IRIS2 infrared imaging camera and spectrograph [5492-105]
V. Churilov, J. Dawson, G. A. Smith, L. Waller, J. D. Whittard, R. Haynes, A. Lankshear,
S. D. Ryder, C. G. Tinney, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia)
1582
ISPI: a wide-field NIR imager for the CTIO Blanco 4-m telescope [5492-106]
N. S. van der Bliek, D. Norman, R. D. Blum, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory/
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (Chile); R. G. Probst, National Optical Astronomy
Observatory (USA); A. Montane, R. Galvez, M. Warner, R. Tighe, F. Delgado, M. Martfnez,
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory/National Optical Astronomy Observatory (Chile)
1590
The REM telescope: a robotic multiwavelength facility [5492-108]
F. M. Zerbi, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); G. Chihcarini, Univ. degli Studi di
Milano Bicocca (Italy); G. Ghisellini, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy);
M. Rodono, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (Italy); G. Tosti, Univ. degli Studi di Perugia (Italy);
L. A. Antonelli, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy); P. Conconi,
S. Covino, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); G. Cutispoto, INAF, Osservatorio
Astrofisico di Catania (Italy); E. Molinari, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy);
L. Nicastro, E. Palazzi, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, CNR (Italy)
1602
The commissioning of the REM-IR camera at La Silla [5492-109]
P. Conconi, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); R. Cunniffe, Dublin Institute for
Advanced Studies (Ireland); F. D'Alessio, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy);
L. Calzoletti, Univ. degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy); B. Jordan, Dunsink Observatory/
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Ireland); R. Mazzoleni, European Southern
Observatory (Germany); A. Melandri, Univ. degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy); E. Molinari, INAF,
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); V. Testa, F. Vitali, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico
di Roma (Italy); F. M. Zerbi, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); G. Chincarini,
Univ. degli Studi di Milano Bicocca (Italy); S. Covino, G. Ghisellini, INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Brera (Italy); M. Rodono, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (Italy); G. Tosti, Univ.
degli Studi di Perugia (Italy); L. A. Antonelli, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy);
G. Cutispoto, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (Italy); L. Nicastro, E. Palazzi, Istituto
di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, CNR (Italy)
1613
REM: a fully robotic telescope for GRB observations [5492-110]
S. Covino, M. Stefanon, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); G. Sciuto, Univ.
degli Studi di Perugia (Italy); A. Fernandez-Soto, Univ. de Valencia (Spain); G. Tosti, Univ.
degli Studi di Perugia (Italy); F. M. Zerbi, G. Chincarini, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di
Brera (Italy); L. A. Antonelli, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Italy); P. Conconi,
INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); G. Cutispoto, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico
di Catania (Italy); E. Molinari, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); L. Nicastro,
Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, CNR (Italy); M. Rodono, INAF, Osservatorio
Astrofisico di Catania (Italy)
1623
Near-infrared camera and Fabry-Perot spectrometer (NIC-FPS) [5492-111 ]
F. R. Hearty, Univ. of Colorado/Boulder (USA); J. Morse, Arizona State Univ. (USA); S. Beland,
J. Green, N. J. Cunningham, R. Valentine, M. Drosback, C. S. Froning, Univ. of Colorado/
Boulder (USA); P. Hartigan, Rice Univ. (USA); J. C. Barentine, New Mexico State Univ. (USA)
1633
INCA: a light 1 - to 5-u.m camera for ground and space applications [5492-112]
A. Riva, V. De Caprio, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); F. Dalla Vedova,
Carlo Gavazzi Space SpA (Italy); A. Battocchio, Rial Vacuum (Italy); G. Colombo, Lab.
Ottico Colombo (Italy); F. M. Zerbi, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy);
C. Bosco, Carlo Gavazzi Space SpA (Italy); M. Canetti, Rial Vacuum (Italy); P. Cerabolini,
A. Casale, Carlo Gavazzi Space SpA (Italy); P. Conconi, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di
Brera (Italy); V. Di Marco, Carlo Gavazzi Space SpA (Italy); M. Ghigo, INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Brera (Italy); R. Mazzoleni, European Southern Observatory (Germany);
E. Molinari, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); G. Pennestrl, D. Santini,
S. Scremin, Carlo Gavazzi Space SpA (Italy); T. Stock, Blu Electronics (Italy); V. De Cosmo,
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (Italy)
1644
Spartan Infrared Camera: high-resolution imaging for the SOAR Telescope [5492-113]
E. D. Loh, J. D. Biel, J.-J. Chen, M. Davis, Michigan State Univ. (USA); R. Laporte, Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil); O. Y. Loh, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA)
1653
PANIC: a near-infrared camera for the Magellan telescopes [5492-114]
P. Martini, Observatories of the Carnegie Institute of Washington (USA) and HarvardSmithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (USA); S. E. Persson, D. C. Murphy, C. Birk, S. A. Shectman,
Observatories of the Carnegie Institute of Washington (USA); S. M. Gunnels, Paragon
Engineering (USA); E. Koch, Dedicated Micro Systems (USA)
1661
Thermal reflector to reduce thermal radiation in the entrance of cryogenic instruments
[5492-115]
E. D. Loh, Michigan State Univ. (USA)
1665
INGRID: retrofitting an improved mechanism control system to an operational cryogenic
instrument [5492-117]
S. G. Rees, P. Jolley, M. van der Hoeven, A. Ridings, M. Blanken, Isaac Newton Group of
Telescopes (Spain)
1678
Instrument science at the Anglo-Australian Observatory [5492-118]
J. Bland-Hawthorn, Anglo-Australian Observatory (Australia)
1689
Helium cryostat vent sizing For SOFIA science instruments [5492-119]
M. L. Savage, S. Limmongkol, R. E. Bacher, T. M. Brown, Universities Space Research
Association (USA); C. T. Koerber, TechnoScience Corp. (USA); E. Smith, Cornell Univ. (USA);
P. G. Waddell, Universities Space Research Association (USA)
XXIII
XXIV
1699
The CAMCAO infrared camera [5492-120]
A. Amorim, A. Melo, Univ. de Lisboa (Portugal); J. Alves, European Southern Observatory
(Germany); J. Rebordao, Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial
(Portugal); J. Pinhao, Univ. de Coimbra (Portugal); G. Bonfait, Univ. Nova de Lisboa
(Portugal); J. Lima, R. Barros, Univ. de Lisboa (Portugal); R. Fernandes, Univ. de Coimbra
(Portugal); I. Catarino, Univ. Nova de Lisboa (Portugal); M. Carvalho, Univ. de Lisboa
(Portugal); R. Marques, Univ. de Coimbra (Portugal); J.-M. Poncet, Univ. Nova de Lisboa
(Portugal); F. Duarte Santos, Univ. de Lisboa (Portugal); G. Finger, N. Hubin, G. Huster,
F. Koch, J.-L. Lizon, E. Marchetti, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
1710
Overview and design of the Canarias infrared camera experiment (CIRCE) [5492-123]
M. L. Edwards, A. Marin-Franch, S. S. Eikenberry, Univ. of Florida (USA); M. Rodgers, Optical
Research Associates (USA); J. Julian, K. Hanna, C. Packham, Univ. of Florida (USA)
1716
Program status of NEWFIRM, the wide-field infrared camera system for the NOAO 4-m
telescopes [5492-124]
R. G. Probst, N. Gaughan, M. Abraham, J. Andrew, P. Daly, E. Hileman, M. Hunten, M. Liang,
K. M. Merrill, R. Repp, R. Shaw, National Optical Astronomy Observatory (USA)
1725
Cooling of ground-based telescope instrumentation: the LINC-NIRVANA cryostat [5492-125]
W. Laun, H. Baumeister, P. Bizenberger, Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomie (Germany)
1735
Status report on the EMIR optical system [5492-207]
A. Manescau, A. B. Fragoso-Lopez, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain); F. Garzon,
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain) and Univ. de La Laguna (Spain); J. Patron,
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
1743
The cryo-mechanical design of SCUBA-2: a wide-field imager for the James Clerk Maxwell
Telescope [5492-211]
D. Gostick, D. Montgomery, B. Wall, H. McGregor, M. Cliffe, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr.
(United Kingdom); A. Woodcraft, F. Gannaway, Cardiff Univ. (United Kingdom)
1755
Tunable etalons and other applications of multi-application low-voltage piezoelectric
instrument control electronics (MALICE) [5492-212]
A. D. Scott, R. Norman, L. Zhou, EMS Technologies Canada, Ltd. (Canada)
1763
HAWK-l: a new wide-field 1 - to 2.5-nm imager for the VLT [5492-215]
J.-F. Pirard, M. Kissler-Patig, A. F. M. Moorwood, P. Biereichel, B. Delabre, R. Dorn, G. Finger,
D. Gojak, G. Huster, Y. Jung, F. Koch, M. Le Louarn, J.-L. Lizon, L. Mehrgan, E. Pozna,
A. Silber, B. Sokar, J. Stegmeier, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
1773
Optical design for a Fabry-Perot image interferometer for solar observations [5492-127]
G. Moretto, National Solar Observatory (USA); G. A. Gary, NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr.
(USA); K. S. Balasubramaniam, T. R. Rimmele, National Solar Observatory (USA)
1778
Calibration of the instrumental polarization of the Domeless Solar Telescope at the Hida
Observatory [5492-129]
J. Kiyohara, Kwasan Observatory (Japan); S. Ueno, R. Kitai, Hida Observatory (Japan);
H. Kurokawa, M. Makita, Kwasan Observatory (Japan); K. Ichimoto, National Astronomical
Observatory of Japan (Japan)
1786
iSSION 14
Near-infrared waveplate [5492-131]
D. Wang, Y. Deng, National Astronomical Observatories/CAS (China); W. Cao, Big Bear
Solar Observatory/New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)
INSTRUMENTATION FOR FUTURE EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES
1796
Instruments for a European Extremely Large Telescope: the challenges of designing
instruments for 30- to 100-m telescopes (Invited Paper) [5492-61]
A. P. G. Russell, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom); G. Monnet, European
Southern Observatory (Germany); A. Quirrenbach, Univ. Leiden Observatory (Netherlands);
R. Bacon, Observatoire de Lyon (France); M. Redfem, National Univ. of Ireland/Galway
(Ireland); T. Andersen, A. Ardeberg, Lund Observatory (Sweden); E. Atad-Ettedgui,
T. G. Hawarden, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom)
1810
Toward instrumentation for ELTs: the OWL case (Invited Paper) [5492-62]
G. Monnet, S. D'Odorico, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
1818
Instrumentation for the Thirty Meter Telescope (Invited Paper) [5492-63]
K. Taylor, California Institute of Technology (USA)
1824
A Canadian wide-field optical spectrograph for a 30-m telescope [5492-64]
B. Oke, D. Laurin, I. Powell, D. Crampton, J. Pazder, K. Szeto, M. Baril, L. Saddlemyer,
J. Stilburn, S. Roberts, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics/NRC (Canada)
1835
The MOMFOS fiber positioner [5492-206]
A. M. Moore, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy); A. J. McGrath, Anglo-Australian
Observatory (Australia)
1847
Author Index
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