NEWS: the near-infrared Echelle for wideband spectroscopy

Mark J. Veyette; Philip S. Muirhead; Zachary J. Hall; Brian Taylor; Jimmy Ye

doi:10.1117/12.2232632

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9 August 2016 NEWS: the near-infrared Echelle for wideband spectroscopy

Mark J. Veyette, Philip S. Muirhead, Zachary J. Hall, Brian Taylor, Jimmy Ye

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Proceedings Volume 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI; 99086M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232632
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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We present an updated optical and mechanical design of NEWS: the Near-infrared Echelle for Wide-band Spectroscopy (formerly called HiJaK: the High-resolution J, H and K spectrometer), a compact, high-resolution, near-infrared spectrometer for 5-meter class telescopes. NEWS provides a spectral resolution of 60,000 and covers the full 0.8-2.5 μm range in 5 modes. We adopt a compact, lightweight, monolithic design and have developed NEWS to be mounted to the instrument cube at the Cassegrain focus of the new 4.3-meter Discovery Channel Telescope.

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Mark J. Veyette, Philip S. Muirhead, Zachary J. Hall, Brian Taylor, and Jimmy Ye "NEWS: the near-infrared Echelle for wideband spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 99086M (9 August 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232632

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