Samenvatting
We present the preliminary design of the WEAVE next generation
spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT),
principally targeting optical ground-based follow up of upcoming
ground-based (LOFAR) and spacebased (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 or up to 30 integral field
units for each observation. The fibres are fed to a single spectrograph,
with a pair of 8k(spectral) x 6k (spatial) pixel cameras, 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.
Originele taal-2 | English |
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Titel | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series |
Uitgeverij | SPIE.Digital Library |
Aantal pagina's | 12 |
Volume | 8446 |
DOI's | |
Status | Published - sep.-2012 |