Spartan Infrared Camera

High Resolution Imaging for the SOAR Telescope

Image Quality of the Instrument

Image of an artificial star (a pinhole illuminated by a 1523-nm laser) in the high-resolution channel (left) and the wide-field channel (right). Profiles of a perfect image formed with a pupil with a central blockage are shown as black, continuous lines.

The Strehl ratio of the instrument is 87% for the high-res channel and 82% for the wide field channel at 1523nm.

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