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Goodman High Throughput Spectrograph

The Goodman High Throughput Spectrograph (HTS)

NOAO/CTIO Support Scientist for Goodman HTS
Sean Points, spointsATctio.noao.edu

The Goodman High Throughput Spectrograph (HTS) is a Nasmyth-mounted imaging spectrograph using a Fairchild 4k x 4k CCD with a scale of 0.15"/pixel. The Goodman HTS was built in the Goodman Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the leadership of Prof. J. Christopher Clemens.

(left) The Goodman Spectrograph Team (from left to right) Matt Bayliss, Chris Clemens and Adam Craine, pose in front of the Goodman Spectrograph following succesfull installation at the Optical Side Nasmyth Focus of the SOAR telescope in June 2004. (right) A schematic view of Goodman showing (from left to right) the slit mask carousel, the collimator, the primary and seccondary filter wheels, the grating assembly, the shutter, the camera optics, and the dewar.

DOCUMENTATION FOR USERS:

The Goodman Manual
A Goodman Startup/Shutdown Guide
Calibration Lamps used with Goodman
Filters used with Goodman

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The Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope is a 4.1 meter aperture telescope designed to produce the best quality images of any observatory in its class in the world. It was funded by a a partnership between the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the country of Brazil, Michigan State University (MSU) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). SOAR is situated on Cerro Pachón at an altitude of 2,700 meters (8,775 feet) above sea level, at the western edge of the peaks of the Chilean Andes.