Gregor@night: The future high-resolution stellar spectrograph for the GREGOR solar telescope

Strassmeier, K. G.; Ilyin, I. V.; Woche, M.; Granzer, T.; Weber, M.; Weingrill, J.; Bauer, S.-M.; Popow, E.; Denker, C.; Schmidt, W.; von der Lühe, O.; Berdyugina, S.; Collados, M.; Koubsky, P.; Hackman, T.; Mantere, M. J.
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Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.333, Issue 9, p.901

Fecha de publicación:
11
2012
Número de autores
16
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
4
Número de citas referidas
3
Descripción
We describe the future night-time spectrograph for the GREGOR solar telescope and present its science core projects. The spectrograph provides a 3-pixel resolution of up to R=87 000 in 45 échelle orders covering the wavelength range 390-900 nm with three grating settings. An iodine cell can be used for high-precision radial velocity work in the 500-630 nm range. The operation of the spectrograph and the telescope will be fully automated without the presence of humans during night-time and will be based on the successful STELLA control system. Future upgrades include a second optical camera for even higher spectral resolution, a Stokes-V polarimeter and a link to the laser-frequency comb at the Vacuum Tower Telescope. The night-time core projects are a study of the angular-momentum evolution of ``The Sun in Time'' and a continuation of our long-term Doppler imaging of active stars.