Crescent MOONS: an update on the ongoing construction of the new VLT's multi-object spectrograph
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Cirasuolo, Michele
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Gonzalez, Oscar
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Rees, Phil
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Bryson, Ian
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Fairley, Alasdair
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Taylor, William
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Afonso, Jose
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Lilly, Simon
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Evans, Chris
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Flores, Hector
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Maiolino, Roberto
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Paltani, Stephane
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Vanzi, Leonardo
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Abreu, Manuel
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Amans, Jean-Philippe
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Atkinson, David
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Beard, Steven
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Béchet, Clementine
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Belfiore, Andrea
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Black, Martin
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Boettger, David
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Brierley, Saskia
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Buscher, David
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Cabral, Alexandre
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Carollo, Marcella
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Cochrane, William
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Coelho, João.
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Colling, Miriam
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Conzelmann, Ralf
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Dalessio, Francesco
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Dauvin, Louise
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Davidson, George
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Fasola, Giles
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Fisher, Martin
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Flores, Mauricio
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Gaudemard, Julien
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Guinouard, Isabelle
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Gutierrez, Pablo
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Haigron, Régis
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Haniff, Chris
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Ives, Derek
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Iwert, Olaf
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King, David
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Kovacz, Suzanne
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Laporte, Philippe
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Lee, David
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Luco, Yerko
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Macleod, Alastair
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Maire, Charles
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Melse, Basile-Thierry
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Oliveira, António
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Parry, Ian
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Reix, Florent
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Rodrigues, Myriam
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Rojas, Felipe
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Royer, Frédéric
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Santos, Pedro
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Schnell, Robin
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Shen, Tzu-Chiang
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Sordet, Michael
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Strachan, Jonathan
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Sun, Xaiowei
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Tait, Graham
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Tulloch, Simon
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Von Dran, Lauren
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Waring, Chris
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Watson, Stephen
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Woodward, Brian
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Yang, Yanbin
Abstract
The Multi Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph (MOONS) instrument is the next generation multi-object spectrograph for the VLT. This powerful instrument will combine for the first time: the large collecting power of the VLT with a high multipexing capability offered by 1000 optical fibres moved with individual robotic positioners and a novel, very fast spectrograph able to provide both low- and high-resolution spectroscopy simultaneously across the wavelength range 0.64μm - 1.8μm. Such a facility will provide the astronomical community with a powerful, world-leading instrument able to serve a wide range of Galactic, Extragalactic and Cosmological studies. Th final assembly, integration and verification phase of the instrument is now about to start performance testing.
Coverage
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
All editors
Evans, Christopher J.; Bryant, Julia J.; Motohara, Kentaro
Series
Volume
11447
Start page
1144717
Conferenece
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
Conferenece place
Online Only, California, United States
Conferenece date
14-18 December, 2020
Issn Identifier
0277-786X
Ads BibCode
2020SPIE11447E..17C
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open.access
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