<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <!--mstheme--><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="_themes/blends/blen1011.css"><meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="blends 1011"> </head> <body> <p><font size="6">PALM-3000</font></p> <p>Precision-Wavefront Science on the 5.1 Meter Hale Telescope at Palomar Mountain</p> <p><b>Treat as Caltech Proprietary</b></p> <p><u>Unique Science Capabilities</u></p> <ul> <li> Access to visible spectral bands (predominantly R-band, down to H-alpha)</li> <li> Improved imaging resolution</li> <li> Improved photometric precision in J, H, K (up to 94% Strehl, sigma_SR ~ 1.5%)</li> <li> Improved contrast (in both IR and red)</li> </ul> <p><u>PALM-3000 Instrumentation</u></p> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/200inch/palao/Pharo/pharo.html">PHARO 1k x 1k <nop>HgCdTe J, H, K band imager (40" <nop>FoV), grism slit spectrograph (R~1500), Lyot coronagraph - Existing instrument</a></li> <li> <a href="Oxford%20SWIFT%20Overview.pdf">Oxford SWIFT visible 44 x 89 IFU spectrograph (spatial scales 0.08", 0.16", 0.23"; R~4300) - Fully funded, Expected arrival at Palomar in 2008</a></li> <li> Proposed red-enhanced visible CCD imager (4k x 4k w/ ~10 mas pixels) - Not yet funded</li> <li> AMNH speckle suppression 100x100 IFU coronagraph (R~50, few arcsec <nop>FoV) - Fully funded, to be not precluded for Palomar</li> <li> High-speed/speckle imager (Lucky Imaging down to 0.4um?) - Suggestion </li> </ul> </body> </html> * [[%ATTACHURL%/06_MRI_Project_Description_v26.pdf][06_MRI_Project_Description_v26.pdf]]: As submitted Project Description
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