TY - JOUR
T1 - CIRCE
T2 - The Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment for the Gran Telescopio Canarias
AU - Eikenberry, Stephen S.
AU - Charcos, Miguel
AU - Edwards, Michelle L.
AU - Garner, Alan
AU - Lasso-Cabrera, Nestor
AU - Stelter, Richard D.
AU - Marin-Franch, Antonio
AU - Raines, S. Nicholas
AU - Ackley, Kendall
AU - Bennett, John G.
AU - Cenarro, Javier A.
AU - Chinn, Brian
AU - Donoso, H. Veronica
AU - Frommeyer, Raymond
AU - Hanna, Kevin
AU - Herlevich, Michael D.
AU - Julian, Jeff
AU - Miller, Paola
AU - Mullin, Scott
AU - Murphey, Charles H.
AU - Packham, Chris
AU - Varosi, Frank
AU - Vega, Claudia
AU - Warner, Craig
AU - Ramaprakash, A. N.
AU - Burse, Mahesh
AU - Punnadi, Sunjit
AU - Chordia, Pravin
AU - Gerarts, Andreas
AU - Martín, Héctor De Paz
AU - Calero, María Martín
AU - Scarpa, Riccardo
AU - Acosta, Sergio Fernandez
AU - Sánchez, William Miguel Hernández
AU - Siegel, Benjamin
AU - Pérez, Francisco Francisco
AU - Martín, Himar D.Viera
AU - Losada, José A.Rodríguez
AU - Nuñez, Agustín
AU - Tejero, Álvaro
AU - González, Carlos E.Martín
AU - Rodríguez, César Cabrera
AU - Sendra, Jordi Molgó
AU - Rodriguez, J. Esteban
AU - Cáceres, J. Israel Fernádez
AU - García, Luis A.Rodríguez
AU - Lopez, Manuel Huertas
AU - Dominguez, Raul
AU - Gaggstatter, Tim
AU - Lavers, Antonio Cabrera
AU - Geier, Stefan
AU - Pessev, Peter
AU - Sarajedini, Ata
AU - Castro-Tirado, A. J.
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - The Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment (CIRCE) is a near-infrared (1-2.5μm) imager, polarimeter and low-resolution spectrograph operating as a visitor instrument for the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) 10.4-m telescope. It was designed and built largely by graduate students and postdocs, with help from the University of Florida (UF) astronomy engineering group, and is funded by the UF and the US National Science Foundation. CIRCE is intended to help fill the gap in near-infrared capabilities prior to the arrival of Especrografo Multiobjecto Infra-Rojo (EMIR) to the GTC and will also provide the following scientific capabilities to compliment EMIR after its arrival: high-resolution imaging, narrowband imaging, high-time-resolution photometry, imaging polarimetry, and low resolution spectroscopy. In this paper, we review the design, fabrication, integration, lab testing, and on-sky performance results for CIRCE. These include a novel approach to the opto-mechanical design, fabrication, and alignment.
AB - The Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment (CIRCE) is a near-infrared (1-2.5μm) imager, polarimeter and low-resolution spectrograph operating as a visitor instrument for the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) 10.4-m telescope. It was designed and built largely by graduate students and postdocs, with help from the University of Florida (UF) astronomy engineering group, and is funded by the UF and the US National Science Foundation. CIRCE is intended to help fill the gap in near-infrared capabilities prior to the arrival of Especrografo Multiobjecto Infra-Rojo (EMIR) to the GTC and will also provide the following scientific capabilities to compliment EMIR after its arrival: high-resolution imaging, narrowband imaging, high-time-resolution photometry, imaging polarimetry, and low resolution spectroscopy. In this paper, we review the design, fabrication, integration, lab testing, and on-sky performance results for CIRCE. These include a novel approach to the opto-mechanical design, fabrication, and alignment.
KW - diamond-turned optics
KW - Gran Telescopio Canarias
KW - imaging
KW - Near-infrared
KW - polarimetry
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85044649824
U2 - 10.1142/S2251171718500022
DO - 10.1142/S2251171718500022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044649824
SN - 2251-1717
VL - 7
JO - Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation
JF - Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation
IS - 1
M1 - 1850002
ER -