Spectrographs
Comparable spectrographs in the visible and near infrared
Acronym |
Name |
Telescope |
Year |
HIRES |
High Resolution Spectrograph for the E-ELT |
European-Extremely Large Telescope E-ELT |
>2022 |
Comparable spectrographs in the near infrared
Acronym |
Name |
Telescope |
Year |
IRD |
Infrared Doppler instrument |
Subaru |
>2014 |
SPIRou |
A nIR high-precison-RV échelle spectropolarimeter for CFHT |
Canada-France-Hawai'i Telescope |
2017 |
HPF |
Habitable zone Planet Finder |
Hobby-Eberly Telescope |
2015 |
FIRST |
Florida InfraRed Silicon immersion grating spectromeTer |
T13 2.0 m Automatic Spectroscopic Telescope |
2013 |
GIANO |
A bifront infrared spectrometer highly optimized both for low and high spectral resolution |
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo |
2012 |
IR ET |
Infrared Exoplanet Tracker |
ARC 3.5 m Apache Point Observatory |
2010 |
T-EDI |
TripleSpec - Exoplanet Discovery Instrument |
Mt. Palomar 200 inch telescope |
2008† |
TEXES |
Texas Echelon Cross Échelle Spectrograph |
Gemini North |
2006† |
CRIRES |
CRyogenic high-resolution InfraRed Échelle Spectrograph |
Very Large Telescope UT1 |
2006 |
PHOENIX |
A cryogenic, long slit, high resolution infrared spectrograph |
Gemini South |
2001 |
NIRSPEC |
Near InfraRed SPECtrograph |
Keck II |
1999 |
NAHUAL |
Near-infrAred High-resolUtion spectrogrAph for pLanet hunting |
Gran Telescopio Canarias |
Cancelled† |
UPF |
UKIRT Planet Finder |
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope |
Cancelled† |
Comparable spectrographs in the visible
Acronym |
Name |
Telescope |
Year |
HORUS |
High Optical Resolution Ultra-Stable Spectrograph |
Gran Telescopio Canarias |
>2016 |
ESPRESSO |
Échelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet- and Stable Spectroscopic Observations |
Very Large Telescope |
2016 |
HARPS-North |
High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher-North |
William Herschel Telescope |
2012 |
CAFE |
Calar Alto Fiber-fed Échelle spectrograph |
2.2 m Calar Alto |
2011 |
PFS |
Planet Finder Spectrograph |
Magellan II Telescope |
2010 |
BESO |
Bochum Échelle Spectrographic Observer |
1.5 m Hexapod-Teleskop |
2008 |
SOPHIE |
Spectrographe pour l'Observation des PHénomenes
sIsmologiques et Exoplanétaires |
1.93 m Observatoire de Haute Provence |
2006 |
HARPS |
High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher |
ESO 3.6m La Silla |
2003 |
HRS |
High-Resolution Spectrograph |
Hobby-Eberly Telescope |
2001 |
SARG |
Spettrografo ad Alta Risoluzione Galileo |
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo |
2001 |
UVES |
Ultraviolet and Visual Échelle Spectrograph |
Very Large Telescope UT2 |
2000 |
FEROS |
Fiber-fed Extended Range Optical Spectrograph |
MPG/ESO 2.2 m La Silla |
1999 2002 |
HIRES |
HIgh REsolution Échelle Spectrograph |
Keck I Telescope |
1996 |
Other échelle spectrographs (links at the UCM)