Bibcode
Garcia, Adolfo A.; Rasilla, Jose L.; Arribas, S.; Mediavilla, E.
Referencia bibliográfica
Proc. SPIE Vol. 2198, p. 75-86, Instrumentation in Astronomy VIII, David L. Crawford; Eric R. Craine; Eds.
Fecha de publicación:
6
1994
Número de citas
26
Número de citas referidas
19
Descripción
In this communication we describe two optical fiber systems contrived to
perform simultaneous bidimensional spectroscopy of extended objects:
2D_FIS and HEXAFLEX II. The main component of 2D_FIS is an optical fiber
bundle which links the auxiliary Cassegrain focus of the 4.2 m William
Herschel Telescope (WHT) with the ISIS spectrograph. HEXAFLEX II has
been designed for the Cassegrain focus of the 2.5 m Nordic Optical
Telescope (NOT) and it uses the FLEX spectrograph. Both telescopes are
at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, on the island of La
Palma. The basic component, the fiber bundle, is similar in both systems
although each one is adapted to the particular characteristics of the
corresponding spectrograph and telescope. Each one of the bundles is
composed of 125 fibers: 95 to observe the object and 30 to obtain the
sky background signal. Details of the acquisition procedures are
provided. These systems have been tested at the telescope with success.
Some examples of results on astronomical objects are shown.