Scientific cases
FRIDA will expand the possibilities of studying our Universe thanks to its ability to provide high spatial resolution images and to perform integral field spectroscopy with high spectral resolution. Read more
FRIDA is an instrument
scientifically and technically led by the
Institute of Astronomy of the UNAM
In collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC, Spain), Centro de Ingeniería y Desarrollo Industrial (CIDESI, Mexico), University of Florida (UF, USA) and Universidad Computense de Madrid (UCM, Spain)
Scientific cases
Characteristics
It will be the first GTC instrument to make use of the Adaptive Optics system. It was designed to reach the diffraction limit with the possibility to choose between two modes of operation, IMAGE mode and SPECTROSCOPY mode, using a single detector. Read more
Design and architecture
FRIDA's design and architecture will allow it to operate in the 0.9 µm to 2.5 µm wavelength range, operating at the near-infrared diffraction limit using the GTC's adaptive optics system. Read more
