Science Commissioning of NIHTS: The Near-infrared High Throughput Spectrograph on the Lowell Discovery Telescope. (arXiv:2103.12722v1 [astro-ph.IM])

Science Commissioning of NIHTS: The Near-infrared High Throughput Spectrograph on the Lowell Discovery Telescope. (arXiv:2103.12722v1 [astro-ph.IM])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Gustafsson_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Annika Gustafsson</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Moskovitz_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nicholas Moskovitz</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Cushing_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Michael C. Cushing</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bida_T/0/1/0/all/0/1">Thomas A. Bida</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Dunham_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Edward W. Dunham</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Roe_H/0/1/0/all/0/1">Henry Roe</a>

The Near-Infrared High Throughput Spectrograph (NIHTS) is in operation on the
4.3 m Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) in Happy Jack, AZ. NIHTS is a
low-resolution spectrograph (R~200) that operates from 0.86 to 2.45 microns.
NIHTS is fed by a custom dichroic mirror which reflects near-infrared
wavelengths to the spectrograph and transmits the visible to enable
simultaneous imaging with the Large Monolithic Imager (LMI), an independent
visible wavelength camera. The combination of premier tracking and acquisition
capabilities of the LDT, a several arcminutes field of view on LMI, and high
spectral throughput on NIHTS enables novel studies of a number of astrophysical
and planetary objects including Kuiper Belt Objects, asteroids, comets, low
mass stars, and exoplanet hosts stars. We present a summary of NIHTS
operations, commissioning, data reduction procedures with two approaches for
the correction of telluric absorption features, and an overview of select
science cases that will be pursued by Lowell Observatory, Northern Arizona
University, and LDT partners.

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