| In Brief: | Taurus is a highly flexible imaging Fabry-Perot interferometer which has several different modes of operation. These include conventional wide field imaging, 3D spectral line mapping, the Faint Object Polarimeter, low resolution long slit and multi-slit spectroscopy, and the Taurus Tunable Filter. |
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| Instrument Scientist: | No Instrument Scientist at present. Contact Head of Astronomy for information. |
| Manual: | Online manuals are now available for the following modes of
Taurus operation: Taurus Tunable Filter - narrow band imaging Taurus ++ - low dispersion multi-slit spectrsocopy Taurus Polarimetry Imaging polarimetry |
| Other Info: | Taurus Homepage contains more general information on Taurus |
Fact Sheet: |
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| Detector: | Tek 1K, MITLL 2Kx4K |
| Focal Station: | Mounted at Cassegrain f/8 or f/15 |
| Spectral Resolution*: | There exists a wide range of visiting and in-house etalons that we have access to. |
| Wavelength Coverage: | 3700Å - 1 micron |
| *Spectral Resolution R measured as lambda/delta_lambda, delta_lambda = FWHM unresolved line, usually 2 pixels. | |
