Magellan Instruments

Magellan 1 - Baade Telescope


  • IMACS
    The Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph (IMACS) is a very versatile wide-field imager and multi-object spectrograph. See technical specifications. 
    Including details for the newly commissioning ROSIE IFU
  • FourStar
    A wide field near-infrared camera for the Baade NASE platform. See technical specifications.
  • FIRE
    The Folded port InfraRed Echellette (FIRE) spectrograph is a moderate resolution near-infrared echellette. See technical specifications.
  • MagE 
    The MagE (Magellan Echellette) Spectrograph is a moderate-resolution optical echellette. See technical specifications.
  • LLAMAS 
    The Large Lenslet Array Magellan Spectrograph. A very successful commissioning run occurred in late February with another scheduled for Mid-May. Progress has been made in observing software support as well as a reduction pipeline. Interested observers should contact the instrument PI (Rob Simcoe, simcoe@space.mit.edu) for further details before submitting a proposal. Additional information can be found at external pages
  • Magellan 2 - Clay Telescope


    • MIKE
      The Magellan Inamori Kyocera Echelle (MIKE) is a high-throughput double echelle spectrograph. See technical specifications.
    • LDSS3
      The Low Dispersion Survey Spectrograph (LDSS3-C) is a high efficiency, wide-field multislit spectrograph. See technical specifications.
    • MEGACAM
      Megacam is a large mosaic CCD camera with a 24' x 24' field-of-view. The camera uses 36 2048 x 4608 pixel CCDs with a scale of 0.08"/pixel. Megacam is operated in campaign mode at the f/5 CASS focus. See technical specifications.
    Other Instruments
    • PFS
      The Planet Finding Spectrograph is supported as a P.I. instrument that can be installed at the Clay NASE platform. See technical specifications.
    • M2FS
      The Michigan/Magellan Fiber Spectrograph is a multi-fiber spectrograph with both high (17000 - R - 34000), medium (4000 - R - 14000), and low (1500 - R - 3000) resolution modes. M2FS can deploy up to 256 fibers over a field diameter of at the Clay NAS-E f/11 focus. M2FS is a PI instrument and is available via collaborative arrangement with the instrument team, please contact Mario Mateo (mmateo@umich.edu) for further details before submitting a proposal.See technical specifications.
    • IFUM
      IFUM is an IFU interface to the M2FS spectrograph. IFUM offers three IFUs ranging in field area/spaxel size from 13x14 arcsec / 0.54 arcsec (HR), 22x24 arcsec / 1.1 arcsec (STD), and 34x35 arcsec / 1.9 arcsec (LSB). Spectral resolution options available with M2FS (see above) are generally also available with IFUM. IFUM will be available for general observing in the 2025B semester as part of the process of transitioning IFUM to facility-instrument status at Magellan. Contact Mario Mateo (mmateo@umich.edu) for further details before submitting a proposal.
    • PISCO
      A simultaneous multi band visible imager is a P.I. instrument that is presently being repaired. There will not be a PISCO observing run in the 2025B semester See technical specifications.
    • WINERED is a Y- J-band echelle spectrograph with intermediate and high resolution modes. For additional information about instrument performance, characteristics, and availability please contact Andy McWilliam (andy@carnegiescience.edu). external pages
    • MagAOX Proposals are invited for observations in collaboration with the MagAO-X team. Please refer to the Instrument Use Policy here Contact the MagAO-X PI, Jared Males (jrmales@.arizona.edu), before submitting to discuss your proposal. external pages
    • POETS  external pages