---+!! %MAKETEXT{"Caltech Optical Observatories [_1] Reference TWiki" args="<nop>%WEB%"}% <h5> Dr. Richard Dekany, Associate Director for Instrument Development</h5> ---++ %MAKETEXT{"Palomar Telescopes"}% * 18" Schmidt Telescope, PI: F. Zwicky, 1936 - 2006(?) (Decommissioned) * [[PalRefP200][200" Hale Telescope, PI: G. Hale, 1947 - Present, In Use]] * [[PalRefP48][48" Samuel Oschin Telescope (Robotic), PIs: D. Hendricks, I. Bowen, et al., 1949 - Present, In Use]] * [[PalRefP60][60" Telescope (Robotic), PI: ?, 1970 - Present, In Use]] * [[http://pti.jpl.nasa.gov/][Palomar Testbed Interferometer, PIs: M. Shao & M. Colavita, 1995 - 2009, Decommissioned]] * [[http://solas.dnsalias.org:8080/~ftod//tres/sleuth.html][Sleuth, Planet Search Telescope, PI: D. Charbonneau, 2004 - 2007, Decommissioned]] * 24" Telescope, PI: M. Brown, 2006 - , Commissioning? ---++ %MAKETEXT{"Palomar Instrumentation Projects (partial list)"}% ---+++++ Seeing-LImited * Solid-block Schmidt camera (designed by Hendricks, optics from Mt Wilson optical shop) 1939 - ?, Decommissioned * Prime focus pulse-counting photometer (PI: Baum) 1953 - ?, Decommissioned * Single-channel photomultiplier (PI: B. Oke) ? - ?, Decommissioned * "Multichannel" 32-channel spectrum scanner for Cass focus (PI: B. Oke) 1968 - ?, Decommissioned * PFUEI (Prime Focus Universal Extragalactic Instrument, PI: J. Gunn) 1981? - ?, Decommissioned * "The Bird Cage" High-speed chopper ? * Cass Spectrometer ? * "The Coffin" ? * Millimeter Heterodyne system (PI: T. Phillips) ? - ?, Decommissioned) * PIFS (Prime focus InfraRed Spectrograph, PI: ?) ? - ?, ?) * D51 (5 micron detector, PI: K. Matthews) ? - ?, Decommissioned) * D57 (10 micron bolometer, PI: K. Matthews) ? - ?, Decommissioned) * D68 (Fast photometer, PI: K. Matthews) ? - ?, Decommissioned) * "2D-Frutti" (PI: S. Shectman) late 1980's ? * East Arm Echelle with Prime Focus Fiber Feed, PI: K. Libbrecht) ? - ?, Decommissioned) * Cass IR (IR Imager & Spectrograph, PI: T. Soifer) ? - ?, In Use) * F/9 Imager (Visible-light Imager & Guider, PI: ?) ? - ?, In Use) * Norris Spectrograph (Multi-object Fiber-fed Visible-light Spectrograph, PI: J. Cohen) ? - ?, Decommissioned * COSMIC (High-throughput Imager & Multi-slit Spectrograph, PI: A. Dressler) ? - Present, In Use * [[http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/observer/200inchResources/dbspoverview.html][DBSP (Medium Resolution, Dual-channel Visible-light Spectrograph, PIs: Oke & Gunn) 1982 - Present, In Use)]] * Blue-side upgrade (PI: R. Smith) 2004 * Red-side computer upgrade (PI: R. Smith) 2005 * Red-side detector upgrade (PS: E. Kirby) 2011 * Four Shooter (Visible-light Imager, Spectrograph, and Multislit Spectrograph, PI: J. Gunn w/ J. Westphal) 1984? - ?, Decommissioned * [[http://astrosun2.astro.cornell.edu/research/projects/SC10//top.html][SpectroCam-10 (Mid-IR Imager & Spectrograph, PI: J. Houck) 1992 - Present, In Use (Rare)]] * LFC (Large Format Visible-light Camera, PI: M. Metzger) 2000 - Present, In Use * WIRC (Large Format IR Camera, PI: T. Herter) 2001 - Present, In Use * [[http://www.oir.caltech.edu/twiki_oir/bin/view/Palomar/Triplespec/WebHome][Triplespec (Cross-dispersed simultaneous IR J,H,K Slit Spectrograph, PI: T. Herter) 2003 - Present, In Use]] * [[http://www.oir.caltech.edu/twiki_oir/bin/view/Palomar/EastArmEchelle/WebHome][East Arm Echelle (Visible-light Spectrograph, PI: K. Taylor) 2004 - Present, In Use]] * [[http://www.oir.caltech.edu/twiki_oir/bin/view/Palomar/CWI/WebHome][CWI (Cosmic Web Imager (Near UV IFU Spectrograph), PI: C. Martin) 2006 - Present, In Use]] * [[http://www.oir.caltech.edu/twiki_ptf/bin/viewauth/Main/WebHome][PTF (Palomar Transient Factory Wide-Field Mosaic Visible-light Imager, PI: S. Kulkarni) 2007 - Present, In Use]] * ARCONS (MKIDS Demonstrator, PI: B. Mazin) 2009 - 2014 , Decommissioned (Private) * SEDM (Spectral Energy Distribution Machine for 60", PI: N. Konidaris) 2010 - , In Use * _ZKI (Z-to-K Imager for wide-field, near-IR imaging on 200", PI: R. Dekany) 2010 - , Proposed, Not Funded_ * [[http://www.oir.caltech.edu/twiki_oir/bin/view/Palomar/MINERVA/WebHome][MINERVA (Precision RV Spectrograph) (PI: J. Johnson) 2011 - , Proposed (Private), Transferred to Harvard U. ]] * !WaSP (WAfer-Scale camera for Prime, 200" Wide-field visible CCD camera, PI: S. Kulkarni) 2012 - , Commissioning * [[http://www.oir.caltech.edu/twiki_oir/bin/view/Palomar/GASP/WebHome][GASP at Palomar (200" High-Speed Stokes Polarimeter, PI: G. Hallinan) 2012 - , Development (Private)]] * [[http://www.oir.caltech.edu/twiki_ptf/bin/viewauth/Main/WebHome][ZTF (Zwicky Transient Facility: Wider-Field Mosaic Visible-light Imager and Characterization Engines, PI: S. Kulkarni) 2012 - , Development]] * CHIMERA (Moderate-field, high-speed imager, PI: G. Hallinan) 2012 - 2013, Decommissioned * CHIMERA II (Wide-field, high-speed imager, PI: G. Hallinan, 2014 - , In Use * DARKNESS (MKIDS Imaging Spectrograph, PI: B. Mazin) 2016 - , Commissioning (Private) * WIRC-POL (WIRC Polarization and Detector Upgrade, PIs: D. Mawet, H. Knutson) 2015 -, Development ---+++++ Diffraction-LImited ---++++++ Adaptive Optics and Instruments * [[http://www.oir.caltech.edu/twiki_oir/bin/view/Palomar/PalmLGS/WebHome][PALMAO (NGS & Sodium LGS Adaptive Optics, PI: R. Dekany) 1995 - 2010, Decommissioned]] * [[http://www.oir.caltech.edu/twiki_oir/bin/view/Palomar/PalmMGSU/WebHome][PALM-MGSU (Multiple Guide Star Unit: Natural guide star tomography demonstrator, PI: R. Dekany) 2001 - 2006, Decommissioned]] * [[http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~nlaw/lamp/][LAMP (Experimental Fast-Frame-Rate Visible Imager & Polarimeter, PI: N. Law) 2006 - 2007, Decommissioned]] * [[http://www.oir.caltech.edu/twiki_oir/bin/view/Palomar/Palm3000/WebHome][PALM-3000 (Visible-light Adaptive Optics Upgrade, PI: R. Dekany) 2006 - Present, In Use]] * [[http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/200inch/palao/Pharo/pharo.html][PHARO (IR J,H,K Imager, Slit Spectrograph, & Coronagraph, PIs: T. Hayward & B. Brandl) 1995- Present, In Use]] * [[http://www.lyot.org/][AMNH Project 1640 (An IR High-Contrast Speckle Suppression Optimized Coronagraph IFU Spectrograph, PI: B. Oppenheimer) 2005 - 2017, In Use]] * [[http://www.oir.caltech.edu/twiki_oir/bin/view/Palomar/SWIFT/WebHome][SWIFT (Visible-light IFU Spectrograph, PI: N. Thatte) 2005 - Present, In Use]] * AO Fiber Nuller (Experimental High-Contrast Nulling Interferometer, PI: E. Serabyn) 2006 - Present, In Use]] * TMAS (Ten Milliarcsecond visible imaging camera for PALM-3000, PIs: R. Dekany and S. Hildebrandt) 2011 - , Development * Stellar Double Coronagraph (SDC) for PALM-3000 (PI: E. Serabyn) 2011 - , Operations (Private) * PALM-3000 WFS and RTC Upgrade (PI: D. Mawet) 2017-, Development * Palomar Ultraviolet Laser for the Study of Exoplanets (PULSE) (Rayleigh LGS AO for high-contrast science around faint targets (V>15)) (PI: R. Dekany) 2017-, Proposed * Palomar Habitable Zone Planet Finder (Infrared Precision RV Spectrograph) 2018-, Development * Robo-AO (Low-cost, replicable, robotic laser adaptive optics and science system, PI: C. Baranec) 2007 - 2015, Survey Complete, Decommissioned * [[http://www.astro.caltech.edu/Robo-AO/][Robo-AO Kitt Peak (PI: S. Kulkarni, PS: R. Riddle) 2015 - Present, In Use]] * Visible Camera (PI: C. Baranec) 2011 - Present, In Use * Eyepiece/Visitor Port (PI: C. Baranec) 2011 - Present, In Use * Infrared Camera (PI: C. Baranec) 2012 - , Exp. 2017 ---++ %MAKETEXT{"Tools"}% * [[https://caltech.box.com/s/7nj3rv04pomftd0y6jpf5y1q9ckfrs0n][Palomar scanned drawing directory]] <hr> <blockquote> <form action='%SCRIPTURLPATH{"search"}%/%WEB%/'> <input type="text" name="search" size="22" /><input type="submit" class="twikiSubmit" value='%MAKETEXT{"Search"}%' /> <br/> ([[WebSearchAdvanced][%MAKETEXT{"advanced search"}%]]) </form> </blockquote>
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