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NIRWALS Simulator

The Near-Infrared Washburn Astronomical Laboratories Spectrograph (NIRWALS) is an infrared integral field spectrograph for the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). It provides medium resolution spectroscopy at R = 2000-5000 over the wavelength range of 800 to 1700 nm.

NIRWALS first light image of the Eagle Nebula

NIRWALS first light image of the Eagle Nebula. Credit: Lisa Crause

Simulator

The NIRWALS Simulator is an online tool, which you can access at https://simulator.salt.ac.za. It should run on any recent version of Firefox, Chrome and Safari.

User manual

You can find details on how to use the simulator in the user manual.

Physics and implementation

The simulator physics page outlines the physics (and the assumptions made) for the simulator. If you are interested in the implementation details, you may have a look at the Python code pages.

Issues? Suggestions? Questions?

If you find a bug or have a suggestion, please let us know by using the project's issue tracker on GitHub. You can also reach us by email at salthelp@salt.ac.za if you have any questions about the NIRWALS Simulator.