1. IGRINS-2 Instrument Arrives at Gemini North
  2. IGRINS-2 Instrument Arrives at Gemini North

sci23054 — Announcement

IGRINS-2 Instrument Arrives at Gemini North

October 6, 2023

IGRINS-2, a new facility instrument for Gemini North, arrived at Maunakea in Hawai‘i on 15 September 2023. IGRINS-2 achieved a significant milestone by successfully completing the Pre-shipment Readiness Review conducted on 16 August 2023, followed by the Post-shipment Acceptance Test on 26 September 2023. 

IGRINS-2 is a high-resolution near-infrared spectrograph built by Korea Astronomy Science Space Institute (KASI) in collaboration with the dedicated Gemini staff. It is an upgraded version of the original IGRINS which has been a popular visiting instrument over the last three years at Gemini South. IGRINS-2 will extend its reach to the northern skies delivering an exciting new capability to the Gemini User Community later in 2024. 

IGRINS-2 was installed on Gemini North last week and news about first light will be coming soon!

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IGRINS-2 installed on Gemini North with the KASI and Gemini team. The small golden box behind the team is IGRINS-2

Credit: C. Park (KASI)

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David Moe lifting the IGRINS-2 electronics rack onto the flatbed and placing it next to the IGRINS-2 instrument crate (on the left of the flatbed) at Gemini North Hilo Base Facility heading to the summit on Friday 15 September.

Credit: J. Miller.

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KASI + Gemini IGRINS-2 team photo in the instrument lab at the summit on Thursday 21 September.

Credit: C. Park (KASI)