PHARO: A near-infrared camera for the Palomar Adaptive Optics System

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Hayward, TL [1 ]
Brandl, B [1 ]
Pirger, B [1 ]
Blacken, C [1 ]
Gull, GE [1 ]
Schoenwald, J [1 ]
Houck, JR [1 ]
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[1] Cornell Univ, Ctr Radiophys & Space Res, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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10.1086/317969
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P1 [天文学];
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We describe Cornell's near- infrared camera system PHARO (Palomar High Angular Resolution Observer) built for use with the JPL Palomar Adaptive Optics System on the 5 m Hale telescope. PHARO uses a 1024 x 1024 HgCdTe HAWAII detector for observations between 1 and 2.5 mum wavelength. An all- reflecting optical system provides diffraction- limited images at two scales, 25 and 40 mas pixel(-1), plus a pupil imaging mode. PHARO also has a coronagraphic imaging capability and a long- slit grism spectroscopy mode at resolving power approximate to 1500. The instrument has been in use with the AO system at Palomar since early 1998.
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