Overview of instrumentation
Facility instruments
- ALFOSC - UV-optical imaging, polarimetry and low-resolution spectroscopy
- NOTCam - NIR imaging and low-resolution spectroscopy
- FIES - High-resolution, high-stability optical spectroscopy
- MOSCA - High-resolution, high-efficiency UV-optical imaging
- StanCam - Standby CCD imager
Instrumentation with limited access
- DIPol-UF - Three-band high-speed polarimeter
- SOFIN - The Soviet-Finnish optical high-resolution spectrograph
Other (former) instruments
- LuckyCam - High resolution "Lucky" imaging in the visible
- PolCor - The PolCor "Lucky" Polarimeter/coronagraph
- SIRCA - The Stockholm InfraRed CAmera
- TurPol: Photo-polarimeter
Instrument capabilities
Optical imaging
Infrared imaging
Instrument |
Detector |
Filters |
Scale (arcsec/pixel) |
Field-of-View |
Contact |
Comments |
NOTcam |
HAWAII 1kx1k
HgCdTe |
NOTcam filters |
0.23 (WFC) or
0.08 (HRC) |
3'.9 x 3'.9 or
1'.4 x 1'.4 |
AD,TA |
wavelength range:
1.0-2.5 micron; |
Optical spectroscopy
Near-IR spectroscopy
Polarimetry
Instrument specialists:
TA: Thomas Augusteijn, AD: Anlaug Amanda Djupvik, TP: Tapio Pursimo, JT: John Telting.
See here for contact information.
Instrument User Groups
In May 2003 Instrument User Groups have been appointed
to advise the NOT Director and STC on the current performance of the instrumentation
at NOT, and on the desirability and priorities of instrument upgrades in
the short and long term. The Instrument User Groups and their fields of
responsibility are:
- Optical Imaging:
Chair: H. Dahle, Oslo (Chair), J. Hjorth (Copenhagen), G. Östlin (Stockholm), and T. Pursimo (NOT)
- Near-IR Imaging:
J. Kotilainen, Turku (Chair), A. Djupvik (NOT) and B. Thomsen (Aarhus)
- Optical and Near-IR Low-Resolution Spectroscopy:
J. Fynbo, Copenhagen (Chair), T. Augusteijn (NOT), and N. Ryde (Uppsala)
- High-Resolution Optical Spectroscopy:
T. Hackman, Helsinki (Chair), S. Frandsen (Aarhus), N. Piskunov (Uppsala), and J. Telting (NOT).
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