Capability Summary
- Total wavelength range = 0.9−2.5 µm
Imaging (Read more)
- 6’ round field of view
- 0.18"/pixel spatial sampling
- broadband imaging filters
Spectroscopy (Read more)
- Resolutions
- 1000−3000 for 0.36" slit
- Modes
- Single Longslit
- Slit lengths of 4.4’
- Simultaneous coverage = 200−1200 nm, depending on grism/filter combination
- Multi-Object Spectroscopy (under commissioning)
- Using 6’x2’ masks
- Simultaneous coverage = 200−1200 nm, depending on grism/filter combination
- Single Longslit
Guiding Options
- F2 On-Instrument Wavefront Sensor (OIWFS)
- Peripheral Wavefront Sensor 2 (PWFS2)
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FLAMINGOS-2 was originally built by the University of Florida Astronomy Department and delivered to Gemini in July 2009, where it underwent a series of refurbishments and commissioning runs. It has been in regular queue operation mode since semester 2013B.
