ASTROCAM is a camera that implements a 1024x1024 Aladdin array and operates in the 1 to 5.5 micron spectrum. ASTROCAM is specifically designed for astrometry, accurate measurement of star positions. Cooling is provided by a CTI 1050 closed cycle cooler. ASTROCAM was built for the Naval Observatory and NRL. The camera is deployed on the 1.5 meter Naval Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Redstar1 Array Controller

The Redstar1 Array Controller was produced by MKIR for the Naval, Subaru and Sofia Observatories. Redstar1 provides array drive and instrument control electronics for a large format array.

CoCo: A cold coronagraphic camera

Built for JPL, CoCo was designed to explore coronagraphic observations in the infrared spectrum and has produced some interesting results. CoCo operates in the wavelengths from 1 to 5 microns and is used with NSFCAM at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF).

ETD: A dual beam 1 - 5 micron camera

MKIR designed and built the cryostat for this dual beam imager that uses two 256x256 In:Sb arrays. The camera was built for the Harvard Smithsonian. This camera had very low weight and size budgets. A CTI model 22 cooler was used with two passive floating shields resulting in a very efficient cryostat. Particular car was placed on making the system easy to work on.

Redeye I & Redeye II: NICMOS cameras

The Redeyes are two nearly identical 256x256 NICMOS cameras built for CFHT. MKIR built the cryostats around the CFHT designed optics and controller.

LTD I & LTD II: Dewars

LTD I and LTD II are two dewars built for lab tests at JPL of long wavelength (100 micron) photoconductors to be used on the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, SIRTF. These are 2 can liquid nitrogen and liquid helium dewars. LTD II has a blind cavity in the liquid helium can with a solid state black body inside that allows testing with background temperatures of around 1.5 degrees Kelvin.

MOP: Multichannel Occultation Photometer

MOP is a Multichannel Occultation Photometer for observing the Io/Europa series of occultations to study Io volcanism.  MOP has a four channel photometer with 1-5 and 10 micron detectors in each chopped beam with 4 detectors total.  This instrument was built for JPL.