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NOIRLab Filter Database

Filter FWHM (Å) CWL (Å) Telescope Instrument Plot Data Comments
ORDER_1 17706.00 52900.00 Gemini North GNIRS ORDER_1 ORDER_1
ORDER_2 15000.00 36500.00 Gemini North GNIRS ORDER_2 ORDER_2
HK 12541.00 18710.00 Gemini South FLAMINGOS2 HK HK
JH 9030.00 13900.00 Gemini South FLAMINGOS2 JH JH
LPRIME 7008.00 37800.00 Gemini North NIRI LPRIME LPRIME
wh Bk-7 k1016 6800.00 5600.00 Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic wh Bk-7 k1016 wh Bk-7 k1016 Note that there is a shift in central wavelength when placed in different f/ratio beams. At the KPNO 4meter f/3.1 beam this corresponds to a shift of approximately 12 Angstroms bluer; at the CTIO 4meter f/2.9 this corresponds to a shift of approximately 15 Angstroms bluer; at the WIYN 0.9m f/7.9 this corresponds to a shift of approximately 5 Angstroms bluer.
K_LONG 5837.00 22000.00 Gemini South FLAMINGOS2 K_LONG K_LONG
ORDER_3 5740.00 22073.00 Gemini North GNIRS ORDER_3 ORDER_3
S8612 5100.00 4750.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman S8612 S8612 Goodman Spectrograph circular 4 inch diameter filters - Wavelength range: ~330-620
wh Bk-7 c6016 5000.00 6500.00 Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic
SDSS z' 4842.00 10094.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman, SOI SDSS z' SDSS z' 4 x 4 Inches square filters for imaging with the Goodman HTS or with SOI (SOI can also use 3x3 inch filters without vignetting)
Bessell I 3914.00 8665.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman, SOI Bessell I Bessell I 4 x 4 Inches square filters for imaging with the Goodman HTS or with SOI (SOI can also use 3x3 inch filters without vignetting)
Kprime_G1104 3406.00 21200.00 Gemini South GSAOI Kprime_G1104 Kprime_G1104
K 3376.00 22060.00 Gemini North GNIRS K K
KPRIME 3361.00 21200.00 Gemini North NIRI KPRIME KPRIME
ORDER_4 3352.00 16533.00 Gemini North GNIRS ORDER_4 ORDER_4
K_SHORT 3299.00 21570.00 Gemini South FLAMINGOS2 K_SHORT K_SHORT
K_G1106 3240.00 22000.00 Gemini South GSAOI K_G1106 K_G1106
kp182 3208.00 8875.00 KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope KPNO 2-Inch Filter bessell system revised k p I
kp33 3202.00 8865.00 KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope KPNO 2-Inch Filter bessell system k p rg-9
kp1114 3202.00 8865.00 KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope KPNO 2-Inch Filter kp1114 bessell system k p rg-9
K 3174.00 22000.00 Gemini North NIRI K K
kp1357 3141.00 8816.00 KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope KPNO 2-Inch Filter saao 3mm RG-9 4mm quartz
Kshort_G1105 3107.00 21500.00 Gemini South GSAOI Kshort_G1105 Kshort_G1105
K 3070.00 21480.00 SOAR Telescope SPARTAN IR
KSHORT 2965.00 21500.00 Gemini North NIRI KSHORT KSHORT
BG38 2950.00 5010.00 Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope KOSMOS BG38 BG38 Bandpass filter. For engineering purposes, not available to users.
ri_G0349 2910.00 7050.00 Gemini North GMOS-N ri_G0349 ri_G0349
H 2910.00 16500.00 Gemini North NIRI H H
H 2902.00 16310.00 Gemini South FLAMINGOS2 H H
H 2870.00 16320.00 SOAR Telescope SPARTAN IR
H_G1103 2855.00 16350.00 Gemini South GSAOI H_G1103 H_G1103
BG-38 2793.59 4879.23 Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope RC Spectrograph BG-38 BG-38 Bandpass Filter.
BG-38-1 2657.20 4896.52 KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope GoldCam BG-38-1 BG-38-1 Beware of red leak. Bandpass Filter.
BG-38-1 2657.20 4896.52 KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope GoldCam BG-38-1 BG-38-1 Beware of red leak. Bandpass Filter.
BG-38-2 2657.20 4896.52 KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope GoldCam BG-38-2 BG-38-2 Beware of red leak. Bandpass Filter.
K_RED 2650.00 23100.00 Gemini South FLAMINGOS2 K_RED K_RED
HST "I" 2560.00 8310.00 WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope Hydra HST "I" SIZE: 4x4-5.43mm.
HST "I" 8300/2500 2560.00 8310.00 SMARTS Consortium: 0.9-meter Telescope BLANK HST "I" 8300/2500 Size: 4x4 Thick: 5.43
HST "I" 2560.00 8310.00 WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope Hydra HST "I" SIZE: 4x4-5.43mm.
HST f814w 2509.00 8289.00 KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope KPNO 4-Inch Filters HST f814w HST f814w
BG-39 2424.35 4736.60 Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope RC Spectrograph BG-39 BG-39 Bandpass Filter.
K_BLUE 2421.00 20600.00 Gemini South FLAMINGOS2 K_BLUE K_BLUE
MPRIME 2411.00 46800.00 Gemini North NIRI MPRIME MPRIME
Wide VR filter VR 2410.00 6000.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman, SOI Wide VR filter VR 4 x 4 Inches square filters for imaging with the Goodman HTS or with SOI (SOI can also use 3x3 inch filters without vignetting)
BG-39 2390.00 4679.00 KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope KPNO 4-Inch Filters BG-39 BG-39
SDSS_z 2364.00 9468.00 Gemini South ZORRO SDSS_z SDSS_z not convolved with dichroic
SDSS_z 2364.00 9468.00 Gemini North ALOPEKE SDSS_z SDSS_z not convolved with dichroic
BG-39 2359.51 4773.35 KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope GoldCam BG-39 BG-39 Beware of red leak. Bandpass Filter.
SAMI-z SDSS 2328.00 9500.00 SOAR Telescope SAM, SAMI SAMI-z SDSS

Updated on June 27, 2022, 11:32 am