Welcome to the FINAC project

What is FINAC ?

FINAC is a Fabry-Perot Imager for Near-Infrared Astrophysics at CRL 1.5meter Telescpe. We have developed this sysytem since 1990.

Staff [photograph]

Results

Fabry-Perot Imaging of Molecular Hydrogen Emission in Orion-KL Region

SUGAI,H.,USUDA,T.,KATAZA,H.,TANAKA,M.,INOUE,M.Y.,KAWABATA,H.,TAKAMI,H.,AOKI,T., and HIROMOTO,N.

Appeared in Astrophysical Journal,420,746.

A Fabry-Perot Imager for Near-Infrared Astrophysics at the Communications Research Laboratory 1.5 meter Telescope, and Imaging of the Hydrogen Recombination Lines in the Orion Nebula

SUGAI,H.,USUDA,T.,KATAZA,H.,TANAKA,M.,KAWABATA,H.,INOUE,M.Y.,TAKAMI,H.,AOKI,T., and HIROMOTO,N.

Appeared in Astrophysical Journal,427,511.

Velocity Field of the Orion-KL region in Molecular Hydrogen Emission

SUGAI,H.,KAWABATA,H.,USUDA,T.,INOUE,M.Y.,KATAZA,H., and TANAKA, M.

Appeared in Astrophysical Journal,442,674.

Fabry-Perot Image of Shocked H2 Emission in IC443

INOUE,M.Y.,USUDA,T.,SUGAI,H.,KATAZA,H.,TANAKA,M.,KAWABATA,H.,TAKAMI,H.,AOKI,T., and HIROMOTO,N.

Appeared in Publ. Astron. Soc. Japan,45,539.

Fabry-Perot Imaging of H2 1-0 S(1), 2-1 S(1), and Brackett-gamma Emission in the Orion Nebula

USUDA,T.,SUGAI,H.,KAWABATA,H.,INOUE,M.Y.,KATAZA,H., and TANAKA, M.

Appeared in Astrophysical Journal,464,818.

H2 1-0 S(1) image H2 2-1 S(1) image Br-gamma image

• H2 2-1 S(1) / 1-0 S(1) Ratio images
  
  • Orion Bright Bar region
    
  • Orion "South region"
    
  • Orion KL region
    
  • Orion S region
    
  • Orion "East region"
    
• H2 1-0 S(1) images
  
  • Orion Bright Bar region
    
  • Orion ``South region''
    
  • Orion KL region
    
  • Orion S region
    
  • Orion "East region"
    
  • CO J=2-1 contour map on 1-0 S(1) image in Orion S region
    
• H2 2-1 S(1) / 1-0 S(1) Ratio vs. H2 1-0 S(1) relation diagram