First Paschen alpha imaging from the ground: The first light of Atacama Near-Infrared Camera on the miniTAO 1m telescope

Kentaro Motohara; Masahiro Konishi; Koji Toshikawa; Natsuko Mitani; Shigeyuki Sako; Yuka K. Uchimoto; Tomoyasu Yamamuro; Takeo Minezaki; Toshihiko Tanabe; Takashi Miyata; Shintaro Koshida; Daisuke Kato; Ryo Ohsawa; Tomohiko Nakamura; Kentaro Asano; Yuzuru Yoshii; Mamoru Doi; Kotaro Kohno; Masuo Tanaka; Kimiaki Kawara; Toshihiro Handa; Tsutomu Aoki; Takao Soyano; Ken'Ichi Tarusawa; Yoshifusa Ita

doi:10.1117/12.856102

First Paschen alpha imaging from the ground: The first light of Atacama Near-Infrared Camera on the miniTAO 1m telescope

Kentaro Motohara, Masahiro Konishi, Koji Toshikawa, Natsuko Mitani, Shigeyuki Sako, Yuka K. Uchimoto, Tomoyasu Yamamuro, Takeo Minezaki, Toshihiko Tanabe, Takashi Miyata, Shintaro Koshida, Daisuke Kato, Ryo Ohsawa, Tomohiko Nakamura, Kentaro Asano, Yuzuru Yoshii, Mamoru Doi, Kotaro Kohno, Masuo Tanaka, Kimiaki KawaraToshihiro Handa, Tsutomu Aoki, Takao Soyano, Ken'Ichi Tarusawa, Yoshifusa Ita

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We have developed a near infrared camera called ANIR (Atacama Near InfraRed camera) for the University of Tokyo Atacama 1.0m telescope installed at the summit of Co. Chajnantor (5640m altitude) in northern Chile. The camera is based on a PACE HAWAII-2 array with an Offner relay optics for re-imaging, and field of view is 5'. 3 × 5'. 3 with pixel scale of 0''. 31/pix. It is also capable of optical/infrared simultaneous imaging by inserting a dichroic mirror before the focal plane. The high altitude and extremely low water vapor (PWV=0.5mm) of the site enables us to perform observation of hydrogen Paschenα (Paα) emission line at 1.8751 μm. The first light observation was carried out in July 2009, and we have successfully obtained Paα images of the Galactic center using the N1875 narrow-band filter. This is the first success of Paα imaging of a Galactic object from a ground based telescope. System efficiencies for the broad-band filters are measured to be 15% at the J-band and 30% at Ks, while that of the N1875 narrow-band filter, corresponding to Paα; wavelength, varies from 8 to 15%, which may be caused by fluctuation of the atmospheric transmittance. ATRAN simulation suggests that this corresponds to PWV of 0.3 - 1.5mm, consistent with previous results of the site testing. Measured seeing size is median ∼0''. 8, corresponding to the real seeing value of 0''. 6 - 0''. 8. These results demonstrates the excellent capability of the site for infrared observations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III
Edition	PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856102
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 2010 Jun 27 → 2010 Jul 2

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Number	PART 1
Volume	7735
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	10/6/27 → 10/7/2

Keywords

Atacama
Co. Chajnantor
PWV
Paschen alpha
imager
near infrared

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Motohara, K., Konishi, M., Toshikawa, K., Mitani, N., Sako, S., Uchimoto, Y. K., Yamamuro, T., Minezaki, T., Tanabe, T., Miyata, T., Koshida, S., Kato, D., Ohsawa, R., Nakamura, T., Asano, K., Yoshii, Y., Doi, M., Kohno, K., Tanaka, M., ... Ita, Y. (2010). First Paschen alpha imaging from the ground: The first light of Atacama Near-Infrared Camera on the miniTAO 1m telescope. In Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III (PART 1 ed.). [77353K] (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7735, No. PART 1). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856102

First Paschen alpha imaging from the ground : The first light of Atacama Near-Infrared Camera on the miniTAO 1m telescope. / Motohara, Kentaro; Konishi, Masahiro; Toshikawa, Koji et al.

Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III. PART 1. ed. 2010. 77353K (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7735, No. PART 1).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Motohara, K, Konishi, M, Toshikawa, K, Mitani, N, Sako, S, Uchimoto, YK, Yamamuro, T, Minezaki, T, Tanabe, T, Miyata, T, Koshida, S, Kato, D, Ohsawa, R, Nakamura, T, Asano, K, Yoshii, Y, Doi, M, Kohno, K, Tanaka, M, Kawara, K, Handa, T, Aoki, T, Soyano, T, Tarusawa, KI & Ita, Y 2010, First Paschen alpha imaging from the ground: The first light of Atacama Near-Infrared Camera on the miniTAO 1m telescope. in Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III. PART 1 edn, 77353K, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, no. PART 1, vol. 7735, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III, San Diego, CA, United States, 10/6/27. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856102

Motohara K, Konishi M, Toshikawa K, Mitani N, Sako S, Uchimoto YK et al. First Paschen alpha imaging from the ground: The first light of Atacama Near-Infrared Camera on the miniTAO 1m telescope. In Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III. PART 1 ed. 2010. 77353K. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; PART 1). doi: 10.1117/12.856102

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