Final design and progress of WEAVE: The next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton; Scott Trager; Don Carlos Abrams; Piercarlo Bonifacio; J. Alfonso L. Aguerri; Kevin Middleton; Chris Benn; Kevin Dee; Frédéric Sayède; Ian Lewis; Johannes Pragt; Sergio Pico; Nic Walton; Jeurg Rey; Carlos Allende Prieto; José Peñate; Emilie Lhome; Tibor Agócs; José Alonso; David Terrett; Matthew Brock; James Gilbert; Ellen Schallig; Andy Ridings; Isabelle Guinouard; Marc Verheijen; Ian Tosh; Kevin Rogers; Martin Lee; Iain Steele; Remko Stuik; Niels Tromp; Attila Jaskó; Esperanza Carrasco; Szigfrid Farcas; Jan Kragt; Dirk Lesman; Gabby Kroes; Chris Mottram; Stuart Bates; Luis Fernando Rodriguez; Frank Gribbin; José Miguel Delgado; José Miguel Herreros; Carlos Martin; Diego Cano; Ramon Navarro; Mike Irwin; Jim Lewis; Eduardo Gonzalez Solares; David Murphy; Clare Worley; Richard Bassom; Neil O'Mahoney; Andrea Bianco; Christina Zurita; Rik ter Horst; Emilio Molinari; Marcello Lodi; José Guerra; Adrian Martin; Antonella Vallenari; Bernardo Salasnich; Andrea Baruffolo; Shoko Jin; Vanessa Hill; Dan Smith; Janet Drew; Bianca Poggianti; Mat Pieri; Lillian Dominquez Palmero; Cecilia Farina

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Final design and progress of WEAVE: The next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams, Piercarlo Bonifacio, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, Kevin Middleton, Chris Benn, Kevin Dee, Frédéric Sayède, Ian Lewis, Johannes Pragt, Sergio Pico, Nic Walton, Jeurg Rey, Carlos Allende Prieto, José Peñate, Emilie Lhome, Tibor Agócs, José Alonso, David TerrettMatthew Brock, James Gilbert, Ellen Schallig, Andy Ridings, Isabelle Guinouard, Marc Verheijen, Ian Tosh, Kevin Rogers, Martin Lee, Iain Steele, Remko Stuik, Niels Tromp, Attila Jaskó, Esperanza Carrasco, Szigfrid Farcas, Jan Kragt, Dirk Lesman, Gabby Kroes, Chris Mottram, Stuart Bates, Luis Fernando Rodriguez, Frank Gribbin, José Miguel Delgado, José Miguel Herreros, Carlos Martin, Diego Cano, Ramon Navarro, Mike Irwin, Jim Lewis, Eduardo Gonzalez Solares, David Murphy, Clare Worley, Richard Bassom, Neil O'Mahoney, Andrea Bianco, Christina Zurita, Rik ter Horst, Emilio Molinari, Marcello Lodi, José Guerra, Adrian Martin, Antonella Vallenari, Bernardo Salasnich, Andrea Baruffolo, Shoko Jin, Vanessa Hill, Dan Smith, Janet Drew, Bianca Poggianti, Mat Pieri, Lillian Dominquez Palmero, Cecilia Farina

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We present the Final Design of the WEAVE next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), together with a status update on the details of manufacturing, integration and the overall project schedule now that all the major fabrication contracts are in place. We also present a summary of the current planning behind the 5-year initial phase of survey operations. WEAVE will provide optical ground-based follow up of ground-based (LOFAR) and space-based (Gaia) surveys. WEAVE is a multi-object and multi-IFU facility utilizing a new 2-degree prime focus field of view at the WHT, with a buffered pick-and-place positioner system hosting 1000 multi-object (MOS) fibres, 20 integral field units, or a single large IFU for each observation. The fibres are fed to a single (dual-beam) spectrograph, with total of 16k spectral pixels, located within the WHT GHRIL enclosure on the telescope Nasmyth platform, supporting observations at R 5000 over the full 370-1000nm wavelength range in a single exposure, or a high resolution mode with limited coverage in each arm at R 20000. The project is now in the manufacturing and integration phase with first light expected for early of 2018.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 99081G (August 4, 2016)
Subtitle of host publication	PROCEEDINGS SPIE VOLUME 9908
Editors	Christopher J Evans, Luc Simard, Hideki Takami
Publisher	SPIE.Digital Library
Pages	99081G
ISBN (Print)	9781510601956
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231078
Publication status	Published - 4-Aug-2016
Event	SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 26-Jun-2016 → 1-Jul-2016

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Conference	SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	26/06/2016 → 01/07/2016

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Dalton, G., Trager, S., Abrams, D. C., Bonifacio, P., Aguerri, J. A. L., Middleton, K., Benn, C., Dee, K., Sayède, F., Lewis, I., Pragt, J., Pico, S., Walton, N., Rey, J., Allende Prieto, C., Peñate, J., Lhome, E., Agócs, T., Alonso, J., ... Farina, C. (2016). Final design and progress of WEAVE: The next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope. In C. J. Evans, L. Simard, & H. Takami (Eds.), Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 99081G (August 4, 2016): PROCEEDINGS SPIE VOLUME 9908 (pp. 99081G). (Proceedings SPIE; Vol. 9908). SPIE.Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231078

Dalton, Gavin ; Trager, Scott ; Abrams, Don Carlos et al. / Final design and progress of WEAVE : The next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope. Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 99081G (August 4, 2016): PROCEEDINGS SPIE VOLUME 9908. editor / Christopher J Evans ; Luc Simard ; Hideki Takami. SPIE.Digital Library, 2016. pp. 99081G (Proceedings SPIE).

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Final design and progress of WEAVE: The next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope. / Dalton, Gavin; Trager, Scott; Abrams, Don Carlos et al.
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 99081G (August 4, 2016): PROCEEDINGS SPIE VOLUME 9908. ed. / Christopher J Evans; Luc Simard; Hideki Takami. SPIE.Digital Library, 2016. p. 99081G (Proceedings SPIE; Vol. 9908).

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