Wiro Prime has two interchangable filter wheels which accept 2" square filters. Thin inserts are available for 50mm filters. Up to 12 filters can be loaded into each of the wheels. The following table lists the filters currently available for use at WIRO Prime.
Filter Name Central Wavelength Bandwidth Notes
Johnson U | 3640 A | 700 A | Bessel: (wheel #1) |
Johnson B | 4350 A | 980 A | Bessel: (wheel #1) |
Johnson V | 5380 A | 980 A | Bessel: (wheel #1) |
Kron-Cousins R | 6250 A | 1180 A | Bessel: (wheel #1) |
Kron-Cousins I | 7900 A | 1400 A | Bessel: (wheel #1) |
SDSS u' | 3540 A | 650 A | Smith: (wheel #1) |
SDSS g' | 4750 A | 1480 A | Smith: (wheel #1) |
SDSS r' | 6222 A | 1385 A | Smith: (wheel #1) |
SDSS i' | 7632 A | 1565 A | Smith: (wheel #1) |
SDSS z' | 9049 A | 1130 A | Smith: (wheel #1) |
DDO 51 | 5130 A | 154 A | Smith: (wheel #1) |
Washington C | 3910 A | 1100 A | Canterna: (wheel #3) |
Washington M | 5085 A | 1050 A | Canterna: (wheel #3) |
Washington T1 | 6300 A | 800 A | Canterna: (wheel #3) |
Washington T2 | 8050 A | 1500 A | Canterna: (wheel #3) |
Halpha z = 0.000 | 6563 A | 50 A | (wheel #1) |
Halpha z = 0.006 (1600 km/sec) | 6600A | 50 A | (wheel #1) |
Halpha z = 0.036 (11,000 km/sec) | 6800A | 50 A | (wheel #3) |
Halpha z = 0.066 (20,000 km/sec) | 7000A | 50 A | (wheel #3) |
WIRO Medium-01 | 5000 A | 800 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
WIRO Medium-02 | 6000 A | 1000 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
WIRO Medium-03 | 7000 A | 1100 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
WIRO Medium-04 | 8100 A | 1100 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
WIRO Medium-05 | 9000 A | 800 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
WIRO Narrow-01 | 4250 A | 800 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
WIRO Narrow-02 | 4900 A | 800 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
WIRO Narrow-03 | 5350 A | 500 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
WIRO Narrow-04 | 6450 A | 500 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
WIRO Narrow-05 | 6800 A | 500 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
WIRO Narrow-06 | 7150 A | 500 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
WIRO Narrow-07 | 7450 A | 500 A | Loh & Spillar: (wheel #2) |
Last Modified 9/10/2002 by Michael Pierce (mpierce@uwyo.edu)