Title:

Astronomical Instrumentation at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre


Ian Bryson
UKATC, Edinburgh

Abstract:

After a brief introduction to the UK ATC, our facilities and areas of 
expertise I will describe some of our recent and present 
instrumentation projects, including Michelle (mid-IR Imager and 
Spectrometer for UKIRT and Gemini), UIST (near IR imaging 
spectrometer for UKIRT with IFU capability), GMOS (multi-object 
spectroscopy for Gemini), VISTA (a 4 m survey telescope), SCUBA-2 
(the next generation submm array camera for the JCMT), WFCAM (the 
wide-field infrared camera for UKIRT), and  MIRI (the mid-IR camera 
for the JWST).  I will conclude by describing some future projects, 
including the Gemini instrument we are proposing to do with the IfA.