3D SPECTROGRAPHY AT HIGH-SPATIAL-RESOLUTION .1. CONCEPT AND REALIZATION OF THE INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROGRAPH TIGER

Authors
BACON R ADAM G BARANNE A COURTES G DUBET D DUBOIS JP EMSELLEM E FERRUIT P GEORGELIN Y MONET G PECONTAL E ROUSSET A SAYEDE F
Citation
R. Bacon et al., 3D SPECTROGRAPHY AT HIGH-SPATIAL-RESOLUTION .1. CONCEPT AND REALIZATION OF THE INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROGRAPH TIGER, Astronomy & Astrophysics. Supplement series, 113(2), 1995, pp. 347-357
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy & Astrophysics. Supplement series → ACNP
ISSN journal
03650138
Volume
113
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
347 - 357
Database
ISI
SICI code
0365-0138(1995)113:2<347:3SAH.C>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The instrument TIGER is the first prototype of an integral field spect rograph using a microlenses array to perform bidimensional high spatia l resolution spectrographic observations. It has been in operation at CFHT for a few years and has been successfully used on a large variety of astrophysical objects, ranging from the planet Mars to distant rad io-galaxies and quasars. We discuss the fundamentals of the TIGER desi gn and show that it is superior to long-slit spectrography for high sp atial resolution purposes. The main characteristics of the instrument are given and some of the astrophysical results are briefly reviewed.