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Glass Filter Spectral Transmission Curves from Schott Catalog (reproduced with permission from Schott Glass Technologies, Inc.)

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NOIRLab Filter Database

Filter FWHM (Å) CWL (Å) Telescope Instrument Plot Data Comments
narrow [OIII] (CTIO set) 50.00 5019.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman, SOI 4 x 4 Inches square filters for imaging with the Goodman HTS or with SOI (SOI can also use 3x3 inch filters without vignetting)
[Fe II] 140.00 16400.00 SOAR Telescope SPARTAN IR Width [km/s]: 2630. Note that SPARTAN filters are permanently mounted in the instrument, and therefore are always available and need not be specified in Instrument Setup forms.
SAMI-g SDSS 735.00 4750.00 SOAR Telescope SAM, SAMI SAMI-g SDSS
BTFI 6579 / 20 19.90 6578.80 SOAR Telescope SAM, SAM-FP
Stromgren u 441.00 3460.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman, SOI Stromgren u Stromgren u 4 x 4 Inches square filters for imaging with the Goodman HTS or with SOI (SOI can also use 3x3 inch filters without vignetting)
SDSS i' 2006.00 7731.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman, SOI SDSS i' SDSS 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)
cont_1 320.00 20400.00 SOAR Telescope SPARTAN IR Width [km/s]: 4660. Note that SPARTAN filters are permanently mounted in the instrument, and therefore are always available and need not be specified in Instrument Setup forms.
SAMI-r SDSS 735.00 6250.00 SOAR Telescope SAM, SAMI SAMI-r SDSS
BTFI 6600 / 20 19.30 6600.50 SOAR Telescope SAM, SAM-FP
SDSS u' 719.00 3529.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman, SOI SDSS u' SDSS u' 4 x 4 Inches square filters for imaging with the Goodman HTS or with SOI (SOI can also use 3x3 inch filters without vignetting)
Wing TiO 125.00 7779.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman, SOI Wing TiO Wing TiO 4 x 4 Inches square filters for imaging with the Goodman HTS or with SOI (SOI can also use 3x3 inch filters without vignetting)
He I / C IV 290.00 20650.00 SOAR Telescope SPARTAN IR Width [km/s]: 4150. Note that SPARTAN filters are permanently mounted in the instrument, and therefore are always available and need not be specified in Instrument Setup forms.
SAMI-i SDSS 765.00 7750.00 SOAR Telescope SAM, SAMI SAMI-i SDSS
BTFI 6745 / 38 38.50 6745.00 SOAR Telescope SAM, SAM-FP
Bessell U 784.00 3624.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman, SOI Bessell U Bessell U 4 x 4 Inches square filters for imaging with the Goodman HTS or with SOI (SOI can also use 3x3 inch filters without vignetting)
Wing CN 116.00 8123.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman, SOI Wing CN Wing CN 4 x 4 Inches square filters for imaging with the Goodman HTS or with SOI (SOI can also use 3x3 inch filters without vignetting)
H2 310.00 21160.00 SOAR Telescope SPARTAN IR Width [km/s]: 4380. Note that SPARTAN filters are permanently mounted in the instrument, and therefore are always available and need not be specified in Instrument Setup forms.
SAMI-z SDSS 2328.00 9500.00 SOAR Telescope SAM, SAMI SAMI-z SDSS
SAMI Hα Broad 75.00 6563.00 SOAR Telescope SAM, SAM-FP
Stromgren v 207.00 4084.00 SOAR Telescope Goodman, SOI Stromgren v Stromgren v 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)
cont_2 300.00 21400.00 SOAR Telescope SPARTAN IR Width [km/s]: 4260. Note that SPARTAN filters are permanently mounted in the instrument, and therefore are always available and need not be specified in Instrument Setup forms.
SAMI-Ha Narrow 75.00 6563.00 SOAR Telescope SAM, SAMI SAMI-Ha Narrow
SAMI [SII] Broad 75.00 6724.00 SOAR Telescope SAM, SAM-FP
He I 20618.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Narrow Band Filters. Wavelengths @80% (micron): 2,0545 - 2,0674
DECam i 1281.00 7774.20 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Dark Energy Camera DECam i DECam i
C IV 2.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Narrow Band Filters. Wavelengths @80% (micron): 2,0753 - 2,0892
DECam z 1289.30 9157.90 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Dark Energy Camera DECam z DECam z
H2 21262.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Narrow Band Filters. Wavelengths @80% (micron): 2,125 - 2,146
DECam Y 674.50 9886.30 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Dark Energy Camera DECam Y DECam Y
Continuum, 2.14 mu 21462.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Narrow Band Filters. Wavelengths @80% (micron): 2,1385 - 2,1532
Br gamma 21648.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Narrow Band Filters. Wavelengths @80% (micron): 2,1592 - 2,1738
He II 21911.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Narrow Band Filters. Wavelengths @80% (micron): 2,1845 - 2,1976
H2 & continuum 2.25 mu 22570.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Narrow Band Filters. Wavelengths @80% (micron): 2,2428 - 2,2618
J 12500.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Broad Band Filter. Wavelengths @80% (micron): 1.176 - 1.322
H 16350.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Broad Band Filter. Wavelengths @80% (micron): 1.5005 - 1.7705
DECam N662 170.00 6622.40 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Dark Energy Camera DECam N662
Ks 21500.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Broad Band Filter. Wavelengths @80% (micron): 1.9915 - 2.2955
DECam N964 95.00 9640.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Dark Energy Camera DECam N964
Y 10381.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Broad Band Filter. Wavelengths @80% (micron): BW 0.1457mu
DECam g 1003.70 4770.80 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Dark Energy Camera DECam g DECam g
Cont-203 20336.00 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ISPI ISPI Narrow Band Filters. Wavelengths @80% (micron): 2,062 - 2,0400
DECam r 1276.20 6371.30 Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Dark Energy Camera DECam r DECam r
KPNO-B SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope ANDICAM KPNO-B KPNO-B CCD Filter
KPNO-V SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope ANDICAM KPNO-V KPNO-V CCD Filter
KPNO-I SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope ANDICAM KPNO-I KPNO-I CCD Filter
J-band SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope ANDICAM J-band J-band Infrared Filer
H-band SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope ANDICAM H-band H-band Infrared Filer
K-band SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope ANDICAM K-band K-band Infrared Filer
YALO B SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope ANDICAM YALO B YALO B Legacy Filter

Updated on June 27, 2022, 11:32 am