NIFS

Capability Summary

• AO (NGS, LGS, Super Seeing) available with Altair (0.1" FWHM with full AO correction)
• Total wavelength range = 0.95−2.4 µm

Spectroscopy

• Resolutions
  • 5000−6000 (depends on the band)à
• Modes
  • IFU
    • 3" × 3" field of view
    • 0.103" (across slices) and 0.04" (along slices) spatial sampling
    • Simultaneous coverage = 200−400 nm (depends on the band)
    • Occulting disks (0.2" and 0.5") available for coronagraphic mode

Guiding Options

• PWFS
• Altair (NGS, LGS, LGS+P1)

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NIFS is Gemini-North's Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer built by the Australian National University's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. NIFS has been available since semester 2006B for classical and queue scheduled observing at Gemini-North.