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FLITECAM – Compelling Science

Ian McLean

UCLA

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FLITECAM (Wide-Field 1-5 micron Camera)***IMAGING***SPECTROSCOPY***OCCULTATIONS***

M30 M57

M1 NGC7331

Globular ClusterPlanetary Nebula

Supernova RemnantSpiral Galaxy

JHK color composite of Orion obtained with FLITECAM on the Lick 3-m telescope.

Initial demonstrations at JK; emphasis in flight will be KM

PIPELINE REDUCED

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FLITECAM

Hunting for Super-Planets with FLITECAM

Sol: G starT ~ 5500 K

M dwarfT ~ 3000 K

L dwarfT ~ 2000 K

T dwarfT < 1500 K

JupiterT ~ 130 K

Wide-field imaging of young clusters using narrow band filters designed to detect methane; very strong band at 3.3 microns. Too faint for spectroscopy – even at Keck. Mass < 13 MJupiter

-1.2 -1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6

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0.6Model Color-Color Plot, No Reddening

H - Water Magnitudes

H -

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hane

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nitu

des

Av = 10 CH4 in spectrum

T Dwarfs

Method proved in H-band

8 arcmin FoV

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Tracing PAHs in PPN, PN & SFRs with FLITECAM

3.3 micron PAH band 3.6 micron continuum

NGC7027: Observing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

PAH feature

SLIT

NGC7027

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3 3.05 3.1 3.15 3.2 3.25 3.3 3.35 3.4

Wavelength (microns)

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3.3 m PAH

IMAGES AND SPECTRA

PAH 3.3 micron feature is important & complimentary to longer wavelength features.

R ~ 2000