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FLITECAM – Compelling Science
Ian McLean
UCLA
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FLITECAM (Wide-Field 1-5 micron Camera)***IMAGING***SPECTROSCOPY***OCCULTATIONS***
M30 M57
M1 NGC7331
Globular ClusterPlanetary Nebula
Supernova RemnantSpiral Galaxy
JHK color composite of Orion obtained with FLITECAM on the Lick 3-m telescope.
Initial demonstrations at JK; emphasis in flight will be KM
PIPELINE REDUCED
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FLITECAM
Hunting for Super-Planets with FLITECAM
Sol: G starT ~ 5500 K
M dwarfT ~ 3000 K
L dwarfT ~ 2000 K
T dwarfT < 1500 K
JupiterT ~ 130 K
Wide-field imaging of young clusters using narrow band filters designed to detect methane; very strong band at 3.3 microns. Too faint for spectroscopy – even at Keck. Mass < 13 MJupiter
-1.2 -1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6
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0.6Model Color-Color Plot, No Reddening
H - Water Magnitudes
H -
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hane
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nitu
des
Av = 10 CH4 in spectrum
T Dwarfs
Method proved in H-band
8 arcmin FoV
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Tracing PAHs in PPN, PN & SFRs with FLITECAM
3.3 micron PAH band 3.6 micron continuum
NGC7027: Observing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
PAH feature
SLIT
NGC7027
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Wavelength (microns)
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3.3 m PAH
IMAGES AND SPECTRA
PAH 3.3 micron feature is important & complimentary to longer wavelength features.
R ~ 2000