Bibcode
Collados, Manuel; Calcines, A.; Díaz, J. J.; Hernnádez, E.; López, R.; Páez, E.
Bibliographical reference
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II. Edited by McLean, Ian S.; Casali, Mark M. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7014, pp. 70145Z-70145Z-8 (2008).
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Description
This communication shows the design, layout, mounting and start-up of a
high-resolution grating spectrograph for VIS-NIR at GREGOR 1.5m Solar
Telescope (Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands). The
instrument will be used together with the Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter
(TIP-II). As special characteristics of the design, the following can be
mentioned: The first folding mirror of the spectrograph can be placed in
two positions to take into account the change of the optical axis
introduced by the polarizing beamsplitter of TIP-II. This way the
instrument is optimally aligned when used in situations with and without
polarimeter. The second and third mirrors rotate the image of the
entrance slit, making it parallel to the grating grooves. A system of
prisms are used to adequately fit onto the detector the two orthogonal
polarized beams generated by the polarimeter. Two output beams are
possible, to make feasible simultaneous visible and near-infrared
observations.