The “first-light” image from NIRES is of NGC 7027, a planetary nebula. The NIRES spectrum shows the near-IR spectrum of this nebula dominated by emission lines of hydrogen and helium. The direct image shows NBC 7027 in the K’ filters at 2.2 microns. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory
Near-Infrared Echellette Spectrometer (NIRES) is expected to be one of the most efficient single-object, near-infrared spectrographs on an 8 to 10-meter telescope, designed to study explosive, deep sky phenomena such as supern...
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