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GIANO is an optimized near infrared spectrograph
which can yield, in a single exposure, 0.9-2.5 micron spectra
with a very high throughput throughout the whole spectral range.
This project is part of the Second Generation Instrumentation Plan
of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) located at
Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory (ORM), La Palma, Spain.
In its baseline configuration,
GIANO is the natural extension to IR wavelengths
of SARG, the TNG high resolution optical spectrograph.
GIANO can provide high resolution spectra for accurate
chemical and dynamical studies of any stellar or extragalactic
object detected by 2MASS
and DENIS.