Instrument |
Timescale/ Status |
Field of view/ slit length/ pixel scale |
Spectral resolution |
Wavelength range (µm) |
Sensitivity |
InfraRed Imager and Spectrometer (IRIS) [AO feed from NFIRAOS] |
First light/ Final Design |
IFU 0.45x0.51”@0.004”/pix to 2.25”x4.4”@0.050”/pix |
4000-8000 |
0.84-2.4 |
texp=900s, S/N=10 per channel, H=25.8, K=24.2 |
Imager 34”x34”@0.004”/pix |
J, H, K+ narrow bands |
texp=3600s, S/N=100 H=26.2, K=25.6 |
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First light/ Preliminary Design |
25.5 (8.3x3) arcmin2, >500” total slit length (~60 targets with 8” slits, 0.5" gaps), 0.05”/pixel |
1500-3500 @0.75" slits |
0.31-1.0 Full spectral coverage @R=1500 |
texp=5x900s, S/N=150 per element, R=3500 V=20.5 |
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Multi-Objective Diffraction-limited High-Resolution Infrared Spectrograph (MODHIS) [AO feed from NFIRAOS] |
First light/ Conceptual Design |
Diffraction-limited Single-Mode Fibers, 4” diameter acquisition field of regard |
100,000 |
0.95-2.4 |
30 cm/s velocity precision |
Contrast 10-8@2λ/d (max 10-9) |
2nd Generation/ Concept |
~1” outer working angle, ~10mas inner working angle |
IFU/Imager 50-5000 (with polarimetry <100) |
0.6-5.3 |
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Fiber fed spectroscopy ~ 100,000 |
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- Mid-IR AO Fed spectrometer imager IFU (MIRES) |
2nd Generation/ Concept |
Imager: (L&M bands) 24.4x24.4”@0.011”/pix (N band) 28.1x28.1”@0.028”/pix |
10-100 |
Imager & spectrometer 3.4-14 (L, M, N) |
0.1mJy@8µm gives 10s in 1hr |
Spectrometer: low res 28.1” length, high res 2” length |
600 & 120,000 |
3x10-19 W/m2@8µm gives 10s in 1hr |
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IFU (7.3-13.8 N only) 5x2” |
1000 |
7.3-13.8 |
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High-Resolution Optical Spectrometer (HROS) |
2nd Generation/ Concept |
5”slit |
50,000 to ≥90,000 |
0.31-1.1 (1.3 goal) |
texp=6 hr, S/N=100 per channel@R=100,000, M=18.9 |
Multi-object near-IR spectrometer (IRMOS) Either slit based or multi-IFU |
Pre-concept Scientific priorities being examined |
>ten 3” IFUs over >5' diameter field or ~2’ diameter field with ~50 slits |
2000-10,000 |
0.8-2.5 |
texp=1000s, S/N=10 per element, R=3270 Y=23.4, J=23.0, H=22.7, K=21.2 |
Near-IR AO-fed Echelle Spectrometer (NIRES) [AO feed from NFIRAOS] |
2nd Generation/ Concept |
2” slit |
20000–100000 |
1-5 |
texp=1 hr, S/N=100 per element, R=50,000 Y=17.4, J=17.2, H=17.0, K=16.6 |
Astronomical Rapid Imager and Spectropolarimetric Explorer (ARISE) |
2nd Generation/ Whitepaper |
Imaging 5’x5’ @0.1”/pixel |
Broadband to >15000 |
0.31-4.8 |
Enquiries and questions to: instruments@tmt.org