UKIRT INSTRUMENTS

This section contains information on UKIRT's suite of common user instruments; see the bottom of the page for a brief summary. Visiting instruments are also sometimes available to the community on a collaborative basis. When preparing telescope proposals please check the UKIRT instrument availability pages for details pertaining to the upcoming semester, and the page describing how to apply for telescope time. Recent publications which describe UKIRT instrumentation and performance are available here.

WFCAM	UIST	UFTI	CGS 4	IRPOL	Michelle

The graph below shows a plot of wavelength range against spectral resolution for the UKIRT cassegrain instruments. Imagers are plotted in blue, spectrometers in red. WFCAM covers essentially the same area as UFTI.

Notes:

WFCAM:	Wide field 0.8-2.5 micron camera covering a 0.75 square degree tile in 4 pointings.
UIST:	1-5um imaging and long-slit grism spectroscopy with R~1500-3500. Also integral-field spectroscopy and imaging- and spectro-polarimetry.
UFTI:	1-2.5um camera with 1024x1024 pixels; pixel scale 0.09". Imaging polarimetry and K-band 400 km/s FP also available.
CGS4:	1-5um long-slit grating spectrometer with R ~ 400-40,000.
IRPOL:	UKIRT's polarimetry module for use with all instruments except Michelle, which has its own waveplates.
Michelle:	10-20um imaging and long-slit grating spectroscopy. Echelle spectroscopy and imaging/spectro-polarimetry also available. Instrument currently at Gemini
Visiting Instruments:	Links to TRISPEC and other visitor instruments. No visitor instruments are scheduled for the forthcoming semester.

N.B. To obtain a printable version of an instrument web page - or indeed of any UKIRT page - click on the "Show document only" link located at the top of the lilac side-bar.