High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager
E668454
High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager is a near-infrared wide-field camera installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, designed for high-resolution astronomical imaging in the K-band.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical instrument
ⓘ
near-infrared camera ⓘ telescope instrument ⓘ wide-field imager ⓘ |
| abbreviation | HAWK-I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| detectorFormat | 2048 x 2048 pixels ⓘ |
| detectorType | HgCdTe infrared array ⓘ |
| environment | cryogenic ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | approximately 7.5 arcminutes by 7.5 arcminutes ⓘ |
| hasFilter |
broad-band near-infrared filters
ⓘ
narrow-band near-infrared filters ⓘ |
| hostTelescope | VLT UT4 (Yepun) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostTelescopeAperture | 8.2-metre primary mirror ⓘ |
| installedOn | Unit Telescope 4 of the Very Large Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedAt | Very Large Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationRegion | Atacama Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfDetectors | 4 ⓘ |
| observatory | Paranal Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observingMode | imaging ⓘ |
| operatedBy | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organization | ESO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pixelScale | approximately 0.1 arcseconds per pixel ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide high acuity wide-field imaging in the K-band ⓘ |
| scienceGoal |
cosmological deep fields
ⓘ
high-resolution imaging in the near-infrared ⓘ search for distant supernovae ⓘ study of high-redshift galaxies ⓘ study of star-forming regions ⓘ study of stellar clusters ⓘ study of the Galactic Centre ⓘ wide-field surveys in the K-band ⓘ |
| scienceUse |
Galactic astronomy
ⓘ
extragalactic astronomy ⓘ planetary nebulae studies ⓘ star formation studies ⓘ stellar astrophysics ⓘ |
| spectralBand |
H-band
ⓘ
J-band ⓘ K-band ⓘ |
| telescopeSite | Cerro Paranal Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
dithering
ⓘ
near-infrared imaging ⓘ |
| wavelengthBand | near-infrared ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.