Osiris tunable imager and spectrograph: Instrument status

Jordi Cepa, Marta Aguiar, Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn, Héctor Castañeda, Francisco Cobos, Santiago Correa, Carlos Espejo, Ana Belén Fragoso, Javier Fuentes, José Vicente Gigante, Jesús González, Victor González-Escalera, José Ignacio González-Serrano, Enrique Joven, José Carlos López, Carmelo Militello, Lorenzo Peraza, Angeles Pérez, Jaime Pérez, José Luis RasillaBeatriz Sánchez, Carlos Tejada

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Abstract

OSIRIS (Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy) is the optical Day One instrument for the GTC and the only Spanish Day One instrument. With both instrument and telescope schedules matched, OSIRIS will be available as soon as the GTC is scientifically operational. In this contribution an overview of the instrument status from a technical point of view is given, while in another contribution of this proceedings, an overview of its scientific capabilities from a user point of view is given.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13-18
Number of pages6
JournalRevista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias
Volume16
StatePublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
EventScience with the GTC 10-m Telescope - Granada, Spain
Duration: 5 Feb 20028 Feb 2002

Keywords

  • Instrumentation: spectrographs
  • Methods: observational

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