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FRIDA Concept:
FRIDA (inFRared
Imager and Dissector for Adaptive optics) is
the first instrument for the Adaptive
Optics system of the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio de
Canarias GTC × Near-IR imaging
× Near-IR integral
field spectroscopy
with three different
plate scales: × Coarse (0.040
arcsec/pixel)
× Mediun (0.020 arcsec/pixel)
× Fine (0.010 arcsec/pixel) FRIDA is optimized in the 1.1 -
2.4 µm range, in both imaging and
integral field mode. FRIDA Summary:
FRIDA Observation Modes:
(Image from Marin-Franch, Lenorzer, Herrero & Najarro, 2007)
(Image from Marin-Franch, Lenorzer, Herrero & Najarro, 2007)
FRIDA will be installed at the Nasmyth A platform behind the output focus of the GTC adaptive optic system (GTCAO.
Two unique capabilities of FRIDA with respect to current or planned 2D spectrographs are: 1) its high spectral resolution mode, 20,000; 2) its
separate imaging mode which will allow the observer very fast switch to the integral-field-spectroscopy - mode. The
combination will allow the user a fast selection of the field of
interest for follow up spectroscopy, and facilitate a fast acquisition
in the small FoV of the integral field unit. |
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