A multi-instrument focal station for a 2m-class robotic telescope

Frank Grupp; Florian Lang; Ralf Bender; Claus Gössl; Ulrich Hopp

doi:10.1117/12.788656

9 July 2008 A multi-instrument focal station for a 2m-class robotic telescope

Frank Grupp, Florian Lang, Ralf Bender, Claus Gössl, Ulrich Hopp

Proceedings Volume 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II; 70147M (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788656
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

The design of a multi-instrument Nasmyth port for a 2m class telescope, located near Munich, Germany is presented in this paper. A three channel optical and infrared camera will be located at this Nasmyth focus together with an IFU spectrograph, a high resolution Echelle spectrograph, and a Shack-Hartmann sensor for instrument alignment. Fast switching between the instruments and compact design in a small dome are boundary conditions of the project. Precise guiding and acquisition is made possible for all instruments. Calibration sources are fed to the fiber coupled instruments using a built in telescope simulator.

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Frank Grupp, Florian Lang, Ralf Bender, Claus Gössl, and Ulrich Hopp "A multi-instrument focal station for a 2m-class robotic telescope", Proc. SPIE 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, 70147M (9 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788656

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