Design and construction of an automated multiobject spectroscopy system

Jean P. Brodie; Jay V. Bixler; William W. Craig; R. Hank Donnelly; Charles J. Hailey; Lynn G. Seppala

doi:10.1117/12.19135

1 July 1990 Design and construction of an automated multiobject spectroscopy system

Jean P. Brodie, Jay V. Bixler, William W. Craig, R. Hank Donnelly, Charles J. Hailey, Lynn G. Seppala

Proceedings Volume 1235, Instrumentation in Astronomy VII; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19135
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1990, Tucson, AZ, United States

Abstract

An automated multi-object spectroscopy system (AMOS) is being developed for use on the 3-meter telescope at Lick Observatory. The overall design is compatible with the eventual goal of acquiring up to one hundred spectra simultaneously in a one degree field of view. The speed and accuracy of AMOS preserve the real time decision making and field changing flexibility associated with traditional singlesource observing techniques. AMOS will operate at the 3-meter prime focus and will feed a floor-mounted spectrograph. We describe some engineering design details and the results of laboratory and 1-meter telescope testing of AMOS.

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Jean P. Brodie, Jay V. Bixler, William W. Craig, R. Hank Donnelly, Charles J. Hailey, and Lynn G. Seppala "Design and construction of an automated multiobject spectroscopy system", Proc. SPIE 1235, Instrumentation in Astronomy VII, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19135

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