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The Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope
J. R. Houck, the Spitzer/IRS team
The Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) is one of three science instruments on the Spitzer Space Telescope. The IRS comprises four separate spectrograph modules covering the wavelength ran…
The Optical/Infrared Astronomical Quality of High Atacama Sites. II. Infrared Characteristics
Riccardo Giovanelli, Jeremy Darling, Charles Henderson +8
We discuss properties of the atmospheric water vapor above the high Andean plateau region known as the Llano de Chajnantor, in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. A combination o…
The Optical/Infrared Astronomical Quality of High Atacama Sites. I. Preliminary Results of Optical Seeing
Riccardo Giovanelli, Jeremy Darling, Marc Sarazin +13
The region surrounding the Llano de Chajnantor, a high altitude plateau in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, has caught the attention of the astronomical community for its pote…
CORMASS: A Compact and Efficient NIR Spectrograph for Studying Low-Mass Objects
J. C. Wilson, M. F. Skrutskie, M. R. Colonno +6
CorMASS (Cornell Massachusetts Slit Spectrograph) is a compact, low-resolution (R=300), double-pass prism cross-dispersed near-infrared (NIR) spectrograph in operation on the Palom…
Discovery of a Bright Field Methane (T-type) Brown Dwarf by 2MASS
Adam J. Burgasser, John C. Wilson, J. Davy Kirkpatrick +8
We report the discovery of a bright (J = 13.830.03) methane brown dwarf, or T dwarf, by the Two Micron All Sky Survey. This object, 2MASSI J0559191-140448, is the first brown…