Explanipedia

Martin Black , Raziye Artan , Ciaran Breen , Kenny Campbell , Lee Chapman , Stephen Chittick , Mark Cliffe , George Davidson , O. A. González , Richard Kotlewski , Ciaran Lawrence , David Lee , Jamie Moffat , Norman O'Malley , Philip Rees , Robyn Sharman , Jonathan Strachan , Graham Tait , W. C. Taylor , Chris Waring , Ross Waterston , Graham Wilks ·

YOU? · · 2022 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629802

MOONS is a Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph currently under construction as a third generation instrument for the Very Large Telescope (VLT). It combines the large collecting area offered by the VLT (8.2m diameter), with a large multiplex and wavelength coverage (optical to near-IR: 0.8μm - 1.8μm). Integration of 2 of the arms of the spectrograph (RI and YJ) was recently completed at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre, and initial engineering tests carried out to assess the performance of the spectrograph. This paper presents an overview of the system, the integration and alignment process, and an assessment of the image quality of the two cameras, wavelength coverage and resolving power.

Concepts

Spectrograph Telescope Near-infrared spectroscopy Physics Very Large Telescope Optics Computer science Remote sensing Astronomy Geology Spectral line

Metadata

Type: article
Language: en
Landing Page: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629802
OA Status: gold
Cited By: 2
References: 9
Related Works: 10
OpenAlex ID: https://openalex.org/W4289667151

All OpenAlex metadata

Raw OpenAlex JSON

No additional metadata available.

MOONS – multi object spectroscopy for the VLT: spectrograph performance Article Swipe

Related Topics To Compare & Contrast

Raw OpenAlex JSON