WIRC

wirc at prime focus
WIRC mounted in the Palomar 200-inch Prime Focus cage.

 

The Wide-field Infrared Camera is a prime focus instrument at the Palomar 200-inch.  It was designed and built at Cornell University under the leadership of the PI, Steve Eikenberry.  I was the Instrument Scientist.  It was commissioned in 2001 and has been in use at Palomar, with multiple upgrades, ever since.  Please see Wilson et al. 2003 for more details.