We have developed an optical and near-infrared instrument HONIR (Hiroshima Optical and Near-InfraRed
camera) with imaging, spectroscopy, and polarimetry capabilities in two (one optical and one near-infrared)
bands simultaneously. Imaging capability with a field of view of 10 arcmin by 10 arcmin has been available
since 2011, as reported in the previous SPIE conference. In addition, spectroscopic and polarimetric optical
components (grisms, an Wollaston prism, a half-wave plate, and focal masks) were installed in the instrument,
which enabled us to perform spectroscopy and linear polarization measurement by imaging polarimetry and
spectro-polarimetry. Spectral resolution of R = λ/(triangle)λ ~ 440 - 800 is achieved in spectroscopy using a slit
mask with an 1".3 width. In polarimetry, instrumental polarization is less than ~0.05 % with stability of
better than ~0.05 %, which is sufficiently small to achieve an aimed accuracy of polarization measurement
of ~0.1 % at primal observing wavelengths.
We have developed an optical-infrared instrument HONIR (Hiroshima Optical and Near-InfraRed camera) to be attached to the 1.5-m Kanata telescope at Higashi-Hiroshima Observatory, Hiroshima University. HONIR is a three color (one optical and two near-infrared bands among 0.5–2.4 µm) simultaneous imager and spectrograph with a polarimetry function. The field of view of the imaging mode is 10 arcmin square with a spatial sampling of 0".29. Among the planned multipurpose functions, a two color (0.5–1.0 µm and 1.15–2.40 µm) simultaneous imaging function has been installed and operated so far. The remaining functions, spectroscopy and polarimetry, and the second near-infrared band arm, are under development and will be installed in the near future.
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