Kuiper Overview

Kuiper Telescope Overview

The Kuiper telescope home
Guidelines for Observing

Cognizant Scientist: P. Smith
Steward Observatory Operations Manager: B. Peterson
Catalina Supervisor: J. Grantham
Mt. Lemmon Site Resident: J.D. Berryman

Instrumentation Updates for 2010A
The UVA 2MASS camera is available for general use at the 61-inch telescope.

Instruments and Contact Scientists

f/13.5:: Mont4k CCD (B. Green) is the facility CCD system.
PISCES (D. McCarthy) is a wide-field, 1-2.5 micron camera (0.5"/px; FOV=8 arcmin).
SPOL (G. Schmidt) is a CCD imager/spectropolarimeter providing spectral resolutions of 4-15Å from 3800-9000Å. In the imaging mode, polarization maps can be obtained in filtered bandpasses at the seeing limit over a field of view 51" square.
CLIO (P. Hinz) is a 2-5 micron diffraction-limited camera.
2MASS (R. Indebetouw) is a 1-2.5 micron camera offering simultaneous imaging in H2 2-1 S(1) 2.247 um, H2 1-0 S(7) 1.747 um, and Pa Beta 1.28 um. The field of view is ~7.5arcmin over 256x256 pixels.; PISCES (D. McCarthy) is a wide-field, 1-2.5 micron camera (0.5"/px; FOV=8 arcmin).
SPOL (G. Schmidt) is a CCD imager/spectropolarimeter providing spectral resolutions of 4-15Å from 3800-9000Å. In the imaging mode, polarization maps can be obtained in filtered bandpasses at the seeing limit over a field of view 51" square.
CLIO (P. Hinz) is a 2-5 micron diffraction-limited camera.
2MASS (R. Indebetouw) is a 1-2.5 micron camera offering simultaneous imaging in H2 2-1 S(1) 2.247 um, H2 1-0 S(7) 1.747 um, and Pa Beta 1.28 um. The field of view is ~7.5arcmin over 256x256 pixels.; SPOL (G. Schmidt) is a CCD imager/spectropolarimeter providing spectral resolutions of 4-15Å from 3800-9000Å. In the imaging mode, polarization maps can be obtained in filtered bandpasses at the seeing limit over a field of view 51" square.
CLIO (P. Hinz) is a 2-5 micron diffraction-limited camera.
2MASS (R. Indebetouw) is a 1-2.5 micron camera offering simultaneous imaging in H2 2-1 S(1) 2.247 um, H2 1-0 S(7) 1.747 um, and Pa Beta 1.28 um. The field of view is ~7.5arcmin over 256x256 pixels.; CLIO (P. Hinz) is a 2-5 micron diffraction-limited camera.
2MASS (R. Indebetouw) is a 1-2.5 micron camera offering simultaneous imaging in H2 2-1 S(1) 2.247 um, H2 1-0 S(7) 1.747 um, and Pa Beta 1.28 um. The field of view is ~7.5arcmin over 256x256 pixels.; 2MASS (R. Indebetouw) is a 1-2.5 micron camera offering simultaneous imaging in H2 2-1 S(1) 2.247 um, H2 1-0 S(7) 1.747 um, and Pa Beta 1.28 um. The field of view is ~7.5arcmin over 256x256 pixels.

f/45:: 256x256 IR Camera (G/M Rieke) is a 1-2.5 micron camera (0.36 or 0.9"/px).