The Oxford SWIFT Spectrograph

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The Oxford SWIFT instrument is an I and z band integral field spectrograph that has been successfully commissioned as a common user facility at the 200 inch Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain in October 2008. It is now available for general use by all members of the Palomar User Community. SWIFT is assisted by the Palomar Adaptive Optics System PALMAO, which can provide both Natural Guide Star (NGS) and Laser Guide Star (LGS) adaptive optics correction to SWIFT. SWIFT can also be used without adaptive optics correction, although the PALMAO beam relay is always used to deliver light to SWIFT.

• Technical Specifications
• AO Performance Simulations
• Sensitivity
• Key Science Programs
• Commissioning
• Pictures
• Talks
• First Results
• Team Members

For Observers

• Calls for Proposals
• Operations
• Calibration
• User Manuals