SpeX
(a medium-resolution infrared spectrograph)
SpeX is a 0.7-5.3 micron spectrograph installed on
the Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in 2000 and upgraded in 2014.
Another unrelated instrument is called SPEX:
the Spectropolarimeter for Planetary Exploration,
designed for spacecraft, e.g., for Mars or Jupiter missions.
(instrument,infrared,spectrograph)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Infrared_Telescope_Facility#SpeX
http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/~spex/
https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/irtf.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003PASP..115..362R/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023AAS...24120505B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017SPIE10565E..1CR/abstract
| WaveL | Freq | Photon
Energy | | |
| 0.7μm | 428THz | 1.8eV | begin | SpeX |
| 5.3μm | 57THz | 234meV | end | SpeX |
|
Referenced by page:
IRTF
Index