Dr. Ian R. Parry Profile

Dr. Ian R. Parry

Senior Lecturer at Institute of Astronomy

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Publications (43)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Optical performance and results from the alignment and testing of the cameras for the MOONS spectrograph.

Martin Fisher, Martin Black, David King, David Lee, Ian Parry, Xiaowei Sun

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846W (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629279

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Sensors, Optical alignment, Cryogenics, Reflectivity, Optics manufacturing, Optical components, Coating, Fiber optic illuminators, Lenses

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

Crescent MOONS: an update on the ongoing construction of the new VLT's multi-object spectrograph

Michele Cirasuolo, Oscar Gonzalez, Phil Rees, Ian Bryson, Alasdair Fairley, William Taylor, Jose Afonso, Simon Lilly, Chris Evans, Hector Flores, Roberto Maiolino, Ernesto Oliva, Stephane Paltani, Leonardo Vanzi, Manuel Abreu, Jean-Philippe Amans, David Atkinson, Steven Beard, Clementine Béchet, Andrea Belfiore, Martin Black, David Boettger, Saskia Brierley, David Buscher, Alexandre Cabral, Marcella Carollo, William Cochrane, João Coelho, Miriam Colling, Ralf Conzelmann, Francesco Dalessio, Louise Dauvin, George Davidson, Giles Fasola, Debora Ferruzzi, Martin Fisher, Mauricio Flores, Bianca Garilli, Adriana Gargiulo, Julien Gaudemard, Isabelle Guinouard, Pablo Gutierrez, Régis Haigron, Chris Haniff, Derek Ives, Olaf Iwert, David King, Suzanne Kovacz, Philippe Laporte, David Lee, Gianluca Li Causi, Yerko Luco, Alastair Macleod, Charles Maire, Basile-Thierry Melse, António Oliveira, Livia Origlia, Ian Parry, Fernando Pedichini, Roberto Piazzesi, Florent Reix, Myriam Rodrigues, Felipe Rojas, Frédéric Royer, Pedro Santos, Robin Schnell, Tzu-Chiang Shen, Michael Sordet, Jonathan Strachan, Xaiowei Sun, Graham Tait, Andrea Tozzi, Simon Tulloch, Lauren Von Dran, Chris Waring, Stephen Watson, Brian Woodward, Yanbin Yang

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144717 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561229

KEYWORDS: Astronomical imaging, Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Observatories, Optical fibers, Robotics, Astronomy, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 13 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Rising MOONS: an update on the VLT’s next multi-object spectrograph as it begins to grow

William Taylor, Michele Cirasuolo, Jose Afonso, Marcella Carollo, Chris Evans, Hector Flores, Roberto Maiolino, Stephane Paltani, Leonardo Vanzi, Manuel Abreu, Jean-Phillipe Amans, David Atkinson, Joe Barrett, Steven Beard, Celementine Béchet, Martin Black, David Boettger, Saskia Brierley, David Buscher, Alexandre Cabral, William Cochrane, João Coelho, Miriam Colling, Ralf Conzelmann, Francesco Dalessio, Louise Dauvin, George Davidson, Holger Drass, Rolando Dünner, Alasdair Fairley, Giles Fasola, Debora Ferruzzi, Martin Fisher, Mauricio Flores, Bianca Garilli, Julien Gaudemard, Oscar Gonzalez, Isabelle Guinouard, Pablo Gutierrez, Peter Hammersley, Régis Haigron, Chris Haniff, Mahmoud Hayati, Derek Ives, Olaf Iwert, Philippe Laporte, David Lee, Gianluca Li Causi, Yerko Luco, Alastair Macleod, Vincenzo Mainieri, Charles Maire, Basile-Thierry Melse, Johannes Nix, Ernesto Oliva, António Oliveira, Livia Origlia, Ian Parry, Fernando Pedichini, Roberto Piazzesi, Phil Rees, Florent Reix, Myriam Rodrigues, Felipe Rojas, Stefano Rota, Frédéric Royer, Pedro Santos, Robin Schnell, Tzu-Chiang Shen, Michael Sordet, Jonathan Strachan, Xiaowei Sun, Graham Tait, Miguel Torres, Andre Tozzi, Simon Tulloch, Álvaro Valenzuela Navarro, Lauren Von Dran, Chris Waring, Stephen Watson, Brian Woodward, Yanbin Yang

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021G (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313403

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Optical fibers, Telescopes, Sensors, Metrology, Calibration, Spectrographs, Galactic astronomy, Astronomical imaging, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

EELT-HIRES the high-resolution spectrograph for the E-ELT

A. Marconi, P. Di Marcantonio, V. D'Odorico, S. Cristiani, R. Maiolino, E. Oliva, L. Origlia, M. Riva, L. Valenziano, F. M. Zerbi, M. Abreu, V. Adibekyan, C. Allende Prieto, P. J. Amado, W. Benz, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils, F. Bouchy, L. Buchhave, D. Buscher, A. Cabral, B. Canto Martins, A. Chiavassa, J. Coelho, L. B. Christensen, E. Delgado-Mena, J. R. de Medeiros, I. Di Varano, P. Figueira, M. Fisher, J. P. Fynbo, A. C. Glasse, M. Haehnelt, C. Haniff, C. J. Hansen, A. Hatzes, P. Huke, A. Korn, I. C. Leão, J. Liske, C. Lovis, P. Maslowski, I. Matute, R. McCracken, C. J. A. Martins, M. J. P. F. Monteiro, S. Morris, T. Morris, H. Nicklas, A. Niedzielski, N. Nunes, E. Palle, P. Parr-Burman, V. Parro, I. Parry, F. Pepe, N. Piskunov, Didier Queloz, A. Quirrenbach, R. Rebolo Lopez, A. Reiners, D. Reid, N. Santos, W. Seifert, S. Sousa, H. Stempels, K. Strassmeier, X. Sun, S. Udry, L. Vanzi, M. Vestergaard, M. Weber, E. Zackrisson

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990823 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231653

KEYWORDS: Physics, Stars, Spectrographs, Exoplanets, Planets, Galactic astronomy, Spectral resolution, Astronomy, Atmospheric sensing, Polarimetry

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Toward the final optical design MOONS, the Multi-Object Optical and Near infrared Spectrometer for the VLT

E. Oliva, B. Delabre, A. Tozzi, D. Ferruzzi, D. Lee, I. Parry, P. Rees

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99087R (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231388

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Astronomical imaging, Spectrographs, Cameras, Optical design, Sensors, Lenses, Optical components, Collimation, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2014 Paper

HIRES: the high resolution spectrograph for the E-ELT

F. Zerbi, F. Bouchy, J. Fynbo, R. Maiolino, N. Piskunov, R. Rebolo Lopez, N. Santos, K. Strassmeier, S. Udry, L. Vanzi, M. Riva, A. Basden, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils, D. Buscher, A. Cabral, P. Dimarcantonio, I. Di Varano, D. Henry, M. Monteiro, T. Morris, G. Murray, Ernesto Oliva, I. Parry, F. Pepe, A. Quirrenbach, J. Rasilla, P. Rees, E. Stempels, L. Valenziano, M. Wells, F. Wildi, L. Origlia, C. Allende Prieto, A. Chiavassa, S. Cristiani, P. Figueira, B. Gustafsson, A. Hatzes, M. Haehnelt, K. Heng, G. Israelian, O. Kochukhov, C. Lovis, A. Marconi, C. J. A. P. Martins, P. Noterdaeme, P. Petitjean, T. Puzia, Didier Queloz, A. Reiners, M. Zoccali

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914723 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055329

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Stars, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Calibration, Collimators, Cameras, Galactic astronomy, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

Updated optical design and trade-off study for MOONS, the Multi-Object Optical and Near Infrared spectrometer for the VLT

E. Oliva, S. Todd, M. Cirasuolo, H. Schnetler, D. Lunney, P. Rees, A. Bianco, E. Diolaiti, D. Ferruzzi, M. Fisher, I. Guinouard, M. Iuzzolino, I. Parry, X. Sun, A. Tozzi, F. Vitali

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91472C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054425

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Collimators, Spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Prisms, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Optical fibers, Sensors, Collimation

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

The fiber positioner for 4MOST: exploration of an alternative R-θ design

Allar Saviauk, Frank Dionies, Roelof de Jong, Roger Haynes, Ian Parry

Proceedings Volume 9151, 91514Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056289

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Spindles, Finite element methods, Telescopes, Astronomical imaging, Spine, Astronomy, Optical instrument design, Optical fibers, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

The 4MOST instrument concept overview

Roger Haynes, Samuel Barden, Roelof de Jong, Olivier Schnurr, Olga Bellido, Jakob Walcher, Dionne Haynes, Roland Winkler, Svend-Marian Bauer, Frank Dionies, Allar Saviauk, Cristina Chiappini, Axel Schwope, Joar Brynnel, Matthias Steinmetz, Richard McMahon, Sofia Feltzing, Patrick Francois, Scott Trager, Ian Parry, Mike Irwin, Nicholas Walton, David King, David Sun, Eduaro Gonzalez-Solares, Ian Tosh, Gavin Dalton, Kevin Middleton, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Pascal Jagourel, Shan Mignot, Mathieu Cohen, Jean-Philippe Amans, Frederic Royer, Paola Sartoretti, Johan Pragt, Gerrit Gerlofsma, Ronald Roelfsema, Ramon Navarro, Guido Thimm, Walter Seifert, Norbert Christlieb, Holger Mandel, Trifon Trifonov, Wenli Xu, Florian Lang-Bardl, Bernard Muschielok, Jörg Schlichter, Hans-Joachim Hess, Frank Grupp, Hans Boehringer, Thomas Boller, Tom Dwelly, Ralf Bender, Piero Rosati, Olaf Iwert, Gert Finger, Jean-Louis Lizon L'Allemand, Will Saunders, Andrew Sheinis, Gabriella Frost, Tony Farrell, Lewis Waller, Eric Depagne, Florence Laurent, Patrick Caillier, Johan Kosmalski, Johan Richard, Roland Bacon, Wolfgang Ansorge

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91476I (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057253

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Telescopes, Sensors, Calibration, Spectrographs, Metrology, Neodymium, Ions, Optical instrument design, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

4MOST: 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope

Roelof de Jong, Sam Barden, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Joar Brynnel, Cristina Chiappini, Éric Depagne, Roger Haynes, Diana Johl, Daniel Phillips, Olivier Schnurr, Axel Schwope, Jakob Walcher, Svend Bauer, Gabriele Cescutti, Maria-Rosa Cioni, Frank Dionies, Harry Enke, Dionne Haynes, Andreas Kelz, Francisco Kitaura, Georg Lamer, Ivan Minchev, Volker Müller, Sebastián Nuza, Jean-Christophe Olaya, Tilmann Piffl, Emil Popow, Allar Saviauk, Matthias Steinmetz, Uğur Ural, Monica Valentini, Roland Winkler, Lutz Wisotzki, Wolfgang Ansorge, Manda Banerji, Eduardo Gonzalez Solares, Mike Irwin, Robert Kennicutt, David King, Richard McMahon, Sergey Koposov, Ian Parry, Xiaowei Sun, Nicholas Walton, Gert Finger, Olaf Iwert, Mirko Krumpe, Jean-Louis Lizon, Vincenzo Mainieri, Jean-Philippe Amans, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Matthieu Cohen, Patrick François, Pascal Jagourel, Shan Mignot, Frédéric Royer, Paola Sartoretti, Ralf Bender, Hans-Joachim Hess, Florian Lang-Bardl, Bernard Muschielok, Jörg Schlichter, Hans Böhringer, Thomas Boller, Angela Bongiorno, Marcella Brusa, Tom Dwelly, Andrea Merloni, Kirpal Nandra, Mara Salvato, Johannes Pragt, Ramón Navarro, Gerrit Gerlofsma, Ronald Roelfsema, Gavin Dalton, Kevin Middleton, Ian Tosh, Corrado Boeche, Elisabetta Caffau, Norbert Christlieb, Eva Grebel, Camilla Hansen, Andreas Koch, Hans-G. Ludwig, Holger Mandel, Andreas Quirrenbach, Luca Sbordone, Walter Seifert, Guido Thimm, Amina Helmi, Scott trager, Thomas Bensby, Sofia Feltzing, Gregory Ruchti, Bengt Edvardsson, Andreas Korn, Karin Lind, Wilfried Boland, Matthew Colless, Gabriella Frost, James Gilbert, Peter Gillingham, Jon Lawrence, Neville Legg, Will Saunders, Andrew Sheinis, Simon Driver, Aaron Robotham, Roland Bacon, Patrick Caillier, Johan Kosmalski, Florence Laurent, Johan Richard

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91470M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055826

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Stars, Spine, Spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, X-rays, Observatories, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

Estimate low- and high-order wavefront using P1640 calibrator measurements

C. Zhai, G. Vasisht, M. Shao, T. Lockhart, E. Cady, B. Oppenheimer, R. Burruss, J. Roberts, C. Beichman, D. Brenner, J. Crepp, R. Dekany, L. Hillenbrand, S. Hinkley, I. Parry, L. Pueyo, E. Rice, L. Roberts, A. Sivaramakrishnan, R. Soummer, H. Tang, F. Vescelus, K. Wallace, N. Zimmerman

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88640L (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024754

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Coronagraphy, Error analysis, Calibration, Wavefront aberrations, Spatial frequencies, Monte Carlo methods, Adaptive optics, Atmospheric propagation, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

Electric field conjugation with the project 1640 coronagraph

Eric Cady, Christoph Baranec, Charles Beichman, Douglas Brenner, Rick Burruss, Justin Crepp, Richard Dekany, David Hale, Lynne Hillenbrand, Sasha Hinkley, E. Robert Ligon, Thomas Lockhart, Ben Oppenheimer, Ian Parry, Laurent Pueyo, Emily Rice, Lewis Roberts, Jennifer Roberts, Michael Shao, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Remi Soummer, Hong Tang, Tuan Truong, Gautam Vasisht, Fred Vescelus, J. Kent Wallace, Chengxing Zhai, Neil Zimmerman

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88640K (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024635

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Wavefronts, Iterated function systems, Stars, Telescopes, Cameras, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2012 Paper

4MOST: 4-metre multi-object spectroscopic telescope

Roelof de Jong, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Cristina Chiappini, Éric Depagne, Roger Haynes, Diana Johl, Olivier Schnurr, Axel Schwope, Jakob Walcher, Frank Dionies, Dionne Haynes, Andreas Kelz, Francisco Kitaura, Georg Lamer, Ivan Minchev, Volker Müller, Sebastián Nuza, Jean-Christophe Olaya, Tilmann Piffl, Emil Popow, Matthias Steinmetz, Ugur Ural, Mary Williams, Roland Winkler, Lutz Wisotzki, Wolfgang Ansorge, Manda Banerji, Eduardo Gonzalez Solares, Mike Irwin, Robert Kennicutt, Dave King, Richard McMahon, Sergey Koposov, Ian Parry, David Sun, Nicholas Walton, Gert Finger, Olaf Iwert, Mirko Krumpe, Jean-Louis Lizon, Mainieri Vincenzo, Jean-Philippe Amans, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Mathieu Cohen, Patrick Francois, Pascal Jagourel, Shan Mignot, Frédéric Royer, Paola Sartoretti, Ralf Bender, Frank Grupp, Hans-Joachim Hess, Florian Lang-Bardl, Bernard Muschielok, Hans Böhringer, Thomas Boller, Angela Bongiorno, Marcella Brusa, Tom Dwelly, Andrea Merloni, Kirpal Nandra, Mara Salvato, Johannes Pragt, Ramón Navarro, Gerrit Gerlofsma, Ronald Roelfsema, Gavin Dalton, Kevin Middleton, Ian Tosh, Corrado Boeche, Elisabetta Caffau, Norbert Christlieb, Eva Grebel, Camilla Hansen, Andreas Koch, Hans-G. Ludwig, Andreas Quirrenbach, Luca Sbordone, Walter Seifert, Guido Thimm, Trifon Trifonov, Amina Helmi, Scott Trager, Sofia Feltzing, Andreas Korn, Wilfried Boland

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84460T (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926239

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Stars, Space telescopes, Calibration, Actuators, Optical instrument design, Spectral resolution, Spectroscopy, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

A first order wavefront estimation algorithm for P1640 calibrator

C. Zhai, G. Vasisht, M. Shao, T. Lockhart, E. Cady, B. Oppenheimer, R. Burruss, J. Roberts, C. Beichman, D. Brenner, J. Crepp, R. Dekany, S. Hinkley, L. Hillenbrand, E. R. Ligon, I. Parry, L. Pueyo, E. Rice, L. Roberts, A. Sivaramakrishnan, R. Soummer, F. Vescelus, K. Wallace, N. Zimmerman

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84476W (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927015

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Wavefronts, Coronagraphy, Adaptive optics, Actuators, Imaging systems, Cameras, Speckle, Spatial frequencies, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Project 1640: the world's first ExAO coronagraphic hyperspectral imager for comparative planetary science

Ben Oppenheimer, Charles Beichman, Douglas Brenner, Rick Burruss, Eric Cady, Justin Crepp, Lynne Hillenbrand, Sasha Hinkley, E. Ligon, Thomas Lockhart, Ian Parry, Laurent Pueyo, Emily Rice, Lewis Roberts, Jennifer Roberts, Michael Shao, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Rémi Soummer, Gautam Vasisht, Fred Vescelus, J. Kent Wallace, Chengxing Zhai, Neil Zimmerman

Proceedings Volume 8447, 844720 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926419

KEYWORDS: Stars, Adaptive optics, Coronagraphy, Planets, Wavefronts, Speckle, Sensors, Imaging systems, Control systems, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2012 Paper

Aperture mask interferometry with an integral field spectrograph

Neil Zimmerman, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, David Bernat, Ben Oppenheimer, Sasha Hinkley, James Lloyd, Peter Tuthill, Douglas Brenner, Ian Parry, Michal Simon, John Krist, Laurent Pueyo

Proceedings Volume 8445, 84452G (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926204

KEYWORDS: Stars, Adaptive optics, Calibration, Iterated function systems, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Interferometry, Space telescopes, Coronagraphy, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2008 Paper

A new integral field spectrograph for exoplanetary science at Palomar

Sasha Hinkley, Ben Oppenheimer, Douglas Brenner, Ian Parry, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Remi Soummer, David King

Proceedings Volume 7015, 701519 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789557

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Coronagraphy, Sensors, Spectrographs, Speckle, Stars, Planets, Infrared sensors, Prisms, Photomasks

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

Progress on smart focal plane technologies for extremely large telescopes

Colin Cunningham, Eli Atad, Jeremy Bailey, Fabio Bortoletto, Francisco Garzon, Peter Hastings, Roger Haynes, Callum Norrie, Ian Parry, Eric Prieto, Suzanne Howat, Juergen Schmoll, Lorenzo Zago, Frederic Zamkotsian

Proceedings Volume 5904, 59040T (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617217

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Cryogenics, Astronomical imaging, Diffraction, Actuators, Large telescopes, Molybdenum, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

CIRPASS: description, performance, and astronomical results

Ian Parry, Andrew Bunker, Andrew Dean, Michelle Doherty, Anthony Horton, David King, Marie Lemoine-Busserole, Craig Mackay, Richard McMahon, Steve Medlen, Robert Sharp, Joanna Smith

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552012

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Molybdenum, Sensors, Gemini Observatory, Cameras, Astronomy, Near infrared, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

DAzLE: the dark ages z (redshift) Lyman-α Explorer

Anthony Horton, Ian Parry, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Sonia Cianci, David King, Richard McMahon, Steve Medlen

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551591

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Cameras, Galactic astronomy, Image filtering, Stars, Near infrared, Contamination, Signal to noise ratio, Astronomy, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 7 July 2004 Paper

Smart focal plane technologies for ELT instruments

Colin Cunningham, Suzanne Ramsay-Howat, Francisco Garzon, Ian Parry, Eric Prieto, David Robertson, Frederic Zamkotsian

Proceedings Volume 5382, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566378

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Astronomical imaging, Microopto electromechanical systems, Cryogenics, Astronomy, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Galactic astronomy, Optics manufacturing

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