MIRAC-5 Heads to Mt. Hopkins

Graduate student Rory Bowens is in Arizona, working with a team at the University of Arizona, to transport MIRAC-5 to the 6.5 meter MMT on Mt. Hopkins. MIRAC-5 will be one of two mid-infrared cameras in the world to operate with adaptive optics correction. And it will be the only mid-infrared astronomical instrument with a new Geosnap detector from Teledyne Imaging Sensors, developed by the University of Michigan. The MIRAC-5 team will return to Mt. Hopkins in early June for the commissioning run. Good luck Rory!