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| Name: ARPAN GHOSH Affiliation: Junior Research Fellow Conference ID: ASI2018_1763 Title : Deep NIR photometry by using TIRCAM2 mounted on 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope ---Initial Results Authors and Co-Authors : Saurabh Sharma (ARIES), D K Ojha (TIFR), Tapas Baug (ARIES), A. K. Pandey (ARIES) Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques Abstract : Recently, TIFR near-infrared camera (TIRCAM2) has been mounted at the backend of 3.6m ARIES Devasthal Optical Telescope. It is developed by the infra-red astronomy group of TIFR for astronomical observations in the wavelength range of ~1-3.6 microns. The distinct feature of this camera is the presence of PAH and nbL bands which help in mapping the ~3.6 micron emissions. Here, we present the initial results from the TIRCAM2 camera as obtained during its calibration nights of May and October, 2017. We will report the detector parameters, faint magnitude limits obtained in the J, H, K broadbands, the sky brightness, resolution of the images and the minimum seeing as obtained with this detector. |