The Large Fiber Array Spectroscopic Telescope: status update of the prototype telescope

Chad F. Bender; J. Roger Angel; Joel Berkson; Erich Bugueno; Gilberto Chavez-Lopez; Sonja O. T. Choi; James Dibelka; Nick Didato; John Ford; Warren B. Foster; Nestor Garcia; Kevin Gilliam; Peter Gray; Samuel Halverson; Yiyang Huang; Buell Jannuzi; Dean Ketelsen; Daewook Kim; Andrew J. Monson; Chang Jin Oh; Jason Patrou; Christian Schwab; Melanie Sisco; Richard Wortley; Andrew Young

doi:10.1117/12.3018454

28 August 2024 The Large Fiber Array Spectroscopic Telescope: status update of the prototype telescope

Chad F. Bender, J. Roger Angel, Joel Berkson, Erich Bugueno, Gilberto Chavez-Lopez, Sonja O. T. Choi, James Dibelka, Nick Didato, John Ford, Warren B. Foster, Nestor Garcia, Kevin Gilliam, Peter Gray, Samuel Halverson, Yiyang Huang, Buell Jannuzi, Dean Ketelsen, Daewook Kim, Andrew J. Monson, Chang Jin Oh, Jason Patrou, Christian Schwab, Melanie Sisco, Richard Wortley, Andrew Young

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Proceedings Volume 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X; 130941S (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018454
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

The Large Fiber Array Spectroscopic Telescope (LFAST) will provide a large, scalable collecting area, equivalent to or greater than other ELTs under construction, at a much reduced cost. LFAST will carry out scientific investigations that require spectroscopy with high-signal-to-noise or of faint objects. LFAST is an array telescope, combining light from hundreds of 0.76m diameter prime focus telescopes into a single fiber-fed spectrograph. Twenty telescopes will be mounted on a common alt-az mount, and we are currently constructing the first prototype twenty-unit system. In this talk we will present status and updates from the first 2.5 years of the LFAST project, and describe plans for large arrays, including a 200-unit system in the next few years and a 2,640 unit system in the future.

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Chad F. Bender, J. Roger Angel, Joel Berkson, Erich Bugueno, Gilberto Chavez-Lopez, Sonja O. T. Choi, James Dibelka, Nick Didato, John Ford, Warren B. Foster, Nestor Garcia, Kevin Gilliam, Peter Gray, Samuel Halverson, Yiyang Huang, Buell Jannuzi, Dean Ketelsen, Daewook Kim, Andrew J. Monson, Chang Jin Oh, Jason Patrou, Christian Schwab, Melanie Sisco, Richard Wortley, and Andrew Young "The Large Fiber Array Spectroscopic Telescope: status update of the prototype telescope", Proc. SPIE 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X, 130941S (28 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018454

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