NIRI
Gemini NorthNear-IRLast Modified:NIRI is used as the main NIR imager at Gemini North. It has three cameras, and a large number of broad- and narrow band filters are available. The Gemini facility adaptive optics (AO) system, ALTAIR, (either with a natural guide star or the laser guide star), is available for use with NIRI f/32 for J-L' imaging and NIRI f/14 for imaging out to 2.5 microns. The advantage of AO at L' is modest and is only for point sources.
Unavailable For Proposals at Gemini NorthFor more details, see the schedules and the CfPs.
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Capability Summary
- AO (NGS, LGS, Super Seeing) available with Altair
- Total wavelength range = 1−5 µm
Imaging (Read more)
- Three choices of cameras:
best suited for 1−2.5 µm
Spectroscopy
- DECOMMISSIONED
Guiding Options (Read more)
- PWFS
- Altair (NGS, LGS, LGS+P1)
Get the sensitivity
Get to the integration time calculator
NIRI was built by the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy.
The current primary reference to be cited by users of NIRI on Gemini is:
"The Gemini Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI)", Hodapp, Klaus W.; Jensen, Joseph B.; Irwin, Everett M.; Yamada, Hubert; Chung, Randolph; Fletcher, Kent; Robertson, Louis; Hora, Joseph L.; Simons, Douglas A.; Mays, Wendy; Nolan, Robert; Bec, Matthieu; Merrill, Michael; Fowler, Albert M., (2003), PASP, 115, p. 1388-1406
To be cited by users of NIRI in any of its modes
Announcements
Announcements prior to 2020
View All NIRI NewsInstrument Team
gn Instrument Scientist
Mark Rawlings
gn Additional Support Staff
- Zachary Hartman
- Sandy Leggett
- Brian C. Lemaux
- Clara Martínez-Vázquez
- Teo Močnik
- Andy Stephens
Email: niri_science@gemini.edu