The Preparation of the GTC for the Scientific Operation of CanariCam

Alvarez-Iglesias, C. A.
Referencia bibliográfica

Fourth Science Meeting with the GTC (Eds. C. Muñoz-Tuñón & J. M. Rodríguez-Espinosa) Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 42, pp. 84-85 (2013) (http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/)

Fecha de publicación:
5
2013
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Descripción
CanariCam is a mid-IR camera and spectrograph with coronographic and polarimetric capabilities, built by the University of Florida to operate at the GTC. CanariCam is designed to work at the diffraction limit of the GTC at 8 μm. To reach the required image quality and sensitivity, the operation must be carried out under stringent atmospheric conditions and new telescope functionalities must be implemented.