Facility Instruments

Mimir

• the primary near-IR instrument for the Perkins telescope
• instrument website: http://people.bu.edu/clemens/mimir/
• two imaging modes, spectroscopy, and broadband linear polarization
• detector: Raytheon ALLADIN 1024×1024 InSb, 20 micron pixels
• wavelengths: 0.8 to 5.0 microns
• fields of view: 10 x 10 arcmin and 3 x 3 arcmin
• pixel scales: 0.58 arcsec/pixel and 0.18 arcsec/pixel
• imaging filters: MKO JHKsL’M’, H2S1 (on/off)
• spectral resolution: R = 120 to 550
• spectral coverage: 1.16 microns to 5.6 microns
• polarimetric efficiency: 91.2 ± 2.5%
• average instrumental polarization: 0.35 ± 0.02%
• detector: Raytheon ALLADIN III InSb, 1024×1024 20-micron pixels

The Perkins Re-Imaging SysteM (PRISM)

• the primary optical instrument for the Perkins telescope
• instrument website: http://www.bu.edu/prism/
• imaging, slit/multi-object spectroscopy, broadband linear polarization
• wavelengths: 3500-9500 Angstroms
• detector: e2v 230-42 back-illuminated CCD, 2048×2024 15-micron pixels
• field of view: 13.65 x 13.65 arcminutes
• pixel scale: 0.39 arcsec/pixel
• imaging filters: 5 slots, options for Johson-Cousins UBVRI, SDSS ugriz, Hα on/off, and BG40
• spectral resolution: R = 140 to 850
• spectral coverage: 350 nm to 950 nm