Development of infrared Echelle spectrograph and mid-infrared heterodyne spectrometer on a small telescope at Haleakala, Hawaii for planetary observation

Takeshi Sakanoi; Yasumasa Kasaba; Masato Kagitani; Hiromu Nakagawa; Jeff Kuhn; Shoichi Okano

doi:10.1117/12.2055877

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28 July 2014 Development of infrared Echelle spectrograph and mid-infrared heterodyne spectrometer on a small telescope at Haleakala, Hawaii for planetary observation

Takeshi Sakanoi, Yasumasa Kasaba, Masato Kagitani, Hiromu Nakagawa, Jeff Kuhn, Shoichi Okano

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Proceedings Volume 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V; 91478D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055877
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

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We report the development of infrared Echelle spectrograph covering 1 - 4 micron and mid-infrared heterodyne spectrometer around 10 micron installed on the 60-cm telescope at the summit of Haleakala, Hawaii (alt.=3000m). It is essential to carry out continuous measurement of planetary atmosphere, such as the Jovian infrared aurora and the volcanoes on Jovian satellite Io, to understand its time and spatial variations. A compact and easy-to-use high resolution infrared spectrometer provide the good opportunity to investigate these objects continuously. We are developing an Echelle spectrograph called ESPRIT: Echelle Spectrograph for Planetary Research In Tohoku university. The main target of ESPRIT is to measure the Jovian H3+ fundamental line at 3.9 micron, and H2 nu=1 at 2.1 micron. The 256x256 pixel CRC463 InSb array is used. An appropriate Echelle grating is selected to optimize at 3.9 micron and 2.1 micron for the Jovian infrared auroral observations. The pixel scale corresponds to the atmospheric seeing (0.3 arcsec/pixel). This spectrograph is characterized by a long slit field-of-view of ~ 50 arcsec with a spectral resolution is over 20,000. In addition, we recently developed a heterodyne spectrometer called MILAHI on the 60 cm telescope. MILAHI is characterized by super high-resolving power (more than 1,500,000) covering from 7 - 13 microns. Its sensitivity is 2400 K at 9.6 micron with a MCT photo diode detector of which bandwidth of 3000 MHz. ESPRIT and MILAHI is planned to be installed on 60 cm telescope is planned in 2014.

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Takeshi Sakanoi, Yasumasa Kasaba, Masato Kagitani, Hiromu Nakagawa, Jeff Kuhn, and Shoichi Okano "Development of infrared Echelle spectrograph and mid-infrared heterodyne spectrometer on a small telescope at Haleakala, Hawaii for planetary observation", Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91478D (28 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055877

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