Bibcode
Dalton, G.; Trager, Scott; Abrams, Don Carlos; Bonifacio, Piercarlo; Aguerri, J. A. L.; Middleton, Kevin; Benn, Chris; Dee, Kevin; Sayède, Frédéric; Lewis, Ian; Pragt, Johan; Pico, Sergio; Walton, Nic; Rey, Juerg; Allende Prieto, C.; Peñate, J.; Lhome, Emilie; Agócs, Tibor; Alonso, J.; Terrett, David; Brock, Matthew; Gilbert, James; Ridings, Andy; Guinouard, Isabelle; Verheijen, Mark; Tosh, Ian; Rogers, Kevin; Steele, Iain; Stuik, Remko; Tromp, Neils; Jasko, Attila; Kragt, Jan; Lesman, Dirk; Mottram, Chris; Bates, Stuart; Gribbin, Frank; Rodriguez Ramos, L. F.; Delgado, J. M.; Martin, Carlos; Cano, Diego; Navarro, Ramón; Irwin, Mike; Lewis, Jim; Gonzalez Solares, Eduardo; O'Mahony, Neil; Bianco, Andrea; Zurita, C.; ter Horst, Rik; Molinari, Emilio; Lodi, Marcello; Guerra, José; Vallenari, Antonella; Baruffolo, Andrea
Referencia bibliográfica
Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9147, id. 91470L 11 pp. (2014).
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2014
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Descripción
We present an overview of and status report on the WEAVE next-generation
spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT). WEAVE
principally targets optical ground-based follow up of upcoming
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 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. The project is now in the final
design and early procurement phase, with commissioning at the telescope
expected in 2017.