Rg. Tull et al., THE HIGH-RESOLUTION CROSS-DISPERSED ECHELLE WHITE-PUPIL SPECTROMETER OF THE MCDONALD OBSERVATORY 2.7-M TELESCOPE, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 107(709), 1995, pp. 251-264
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28
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
A new high-resolution cross-dispersed echelle spectrometer has been in
stalled at the coude focus of the McDonald Observatory 2.7-m telescope
. Its primary goal was simultaneously to gather spectra over as much o
f the spectral range 3400 Angstrom to 1 mu m as practical, at a resolu
tion R=lambda/Delta lambda similar or equal to 60,000 with signal-to-n
oise ratio of similar to 100 for stars down to magnitude 11, using 1-h
exposures. In the instrument as built, two exposures are all that are
needed to cover the full range. Featuring a white-pupil design, fused
silica prism cross disperser, and folded Schmidt camera with a Tektro
nix 2048X2048 CCD used at either of two foci, it has been in regularly
scheduled operation since 1992 April. Design details and performance
are described.