Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Infrared telescopes, magnitude and observations

Currently 22-23 magnitude could be the limit to make a spectrum for ground based 10m class telescopes, 21-22 magnitude may be easy for them.
4m class telescopes could possibly handle 20 magnitude, I am not sure.
2m could be appropriate for stars brighter than 16magnitude generally.



What about the infrared bands: J H K W1 W2 respectively? Are there any empirical values or references?

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