Dr. Éric Depagne Profile

Dr. Éric Depagne

Astronomer at South African Astronomical Observatory

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Spectroscopy , Optical instrumentation , Project Management

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Publications (13)

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

Astronomy operations with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT): SALT is doing great!

Encarni Romero-Colmenero, Petri Väisänen, Ted Williams, Chris Coetzee, Steven Crawford, Christian Hettlage, Rosalind Skelton, Rudolph Kuhn, Brent Miszalski, Alexei Kniazev, Marissa Kotze, Éric Depagne, Thea Koen, Veronica Van Wyk, Fred Marang, Anja Schroeder, Nhlavutelo Macebele, Anelisiwe Mayekiso

Proceedings Volume 10704, 107040O (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313881

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, Observatories, Large telescopes, Spectrographs, Software development

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Commissioning the SALT High Resolution Spectrograph’s iodine cell

Lisa Crause, R. Paul Butler, Gillian Nave, Rudi Kuhn, Blaine Lomberg, Alexei Kniazev, Steven Crawford, Éric Depagne

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107025S (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307195

KEYWORDS: Iodine cells, Iodine, Spectrographs, Stars, Point spread functions, Fourier transforms, Calibration, Crystals, Telescopes, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

First light of a laser frequency comb at SALT

Éric Depagne, Richard McCracken, Derryck Reid, Rudi Kuhn, Nicolas Erasmus, Lisa Crause

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99087M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2245048

KEYWORDS: Frequency combs, Calibration, Lamps, Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Astronomy, Teeth, Mirrors, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Data reductions and data quality for the high resolution spectrograph on the Southern African Large Telescope

S. Crawford, Lisa Crause, Éric Depagne, Krystian Ilkiewicz, Anja Schroeder, Rudolph Kuhn, Christian Hettlage, Encarni Romero Colmenaro, Alexei Kniazev, Petri Väisänen

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99082L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232653

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Calibration, Charge-coupled devices, Lawrencium, Astronomy, Stars, Observatories, Absorption, Databases

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Commissioning the polarimetric modes of the Robert Stobie spectrograph on the Southern African Large Telescope

S. Potter, Ken Nordsieck, Encarni Romero-Colmenero, Steve Crawford, Petri Vaisanen, Éric Depagne, David Buckley, Anthony Koeslag, Janus Brink, Christian Hetlage, Keith Browne, Lisa Crause, Alan Schier, James Allington

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99082K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232391

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Beam splitters, Calcite, Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Received signal strength, Imaging spectroscopy, Polarimetry, Spectrographs, Polarization, Prisms, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

Transmission and opto-mechanical performance of the liquid lens coupling in the Robert Stobie Spectrograph on SALT

Ockert Strydom, Éric Depagne, Darragh O'Donoghue, Martin Wilkinson, Wouter Lochner, Jonathan Love, Lisa Crause, Janus Brink, Kenneth Nordsieck, J. Alan Schier

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99123D (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232243

KEYWORDS: Liquid lenses, Absorption, Liquids, Spectrographs, Received signal strength, Collimators, Reflectivity, Ultraviolet radiation, Ocean optics, Optical testing

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2016 Paper

Worth its SALT: four years of full science operations with the Southern African Large Telescope

Petri Väisänen, Chris Coetzee, Anja Schroeder, Steve Crawford, David Buckley, Janus Brink, Éric Depagne, Alexei Kniazev, Thea Koen, Paul Kotze, Fred Marang, Brent Miszalski, Encarni Romero Colmenero, Ockert Strydom, Veronica Van Wyk, Theodore Williams

Proceedings Volume 9910, 99100T (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232873

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Large telescopes, Telescopes, Gemini Observatory, Mirrors, Coating, Adaptive optics, Gemini Planet Imager, Turbulence, Structural engineering

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2016 Paper

Improving SALT productivity by using the theory of constraints

Johannes Coetzee, Petri Väisänen, Darragh O'Donoghue, Paul Kotze, Encarni Romero Colmenero, Brent Miszalski, Steven Crawford, Alexei Kniazev, Éric Depagne, Paul Rabe, Christian Hettlage

Proceedings Volume 9910, 991004 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231376

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Large telescopes, Astronomy, Mirrors, Observatories, Clouds, Visibility, Spectrographs, Resistance, Databases

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

4MOST fiber feed concept design

D. Haynes, R. Winkler, Allar Saviauk, R. Haynes, S. Barden, O. Bellido-Tirado, S. Bauer, Roelof de Jong, E. Depagne, F. Dionies, K. Ehrlich, Andreas Kelz, W. Saunders, M. Woche

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91476A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057307

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Connectors, Spine, Telescopes, Prototyping, 3D modeling, Space telescopes, Device simulation, Optical fibers, Computer aided design

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

The 4MOST instrument concept overview

Roger Haynes, Samuel Barden, Roelof de Jong, Olivier Schnurr, Olga Bellido, Jakob Walcher, Dionne Haynes, Roland Winkler, Svend-Marian Bauer, Frank Dionies, Allar Saviauk, Cristina Chiappini, Axel Schwope, Joar Brynnel, Matthias Steinmetz, Richard McMahon, Sofia Feltzing, Patrick Francois, Scott Trager, Ian Parry, Mike Irwin, Nicholas Walton, David King, David Sun, Eduaro Gonzalez-Solares, Ian Tosh, Gavin Dalton, Kevin Middleton, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Pascal Jagourel, Shan Mignot, Mathieu Cohen, Jean-Philippe Amans, Frederic Royer, Paola Sartoretti, Johan Pragt, Gerrit Gerlofsma, Ronald Roelfsema, Ramon Navarro, Guido Thimm, Walter Seifert, Norbert Christlieb, Holger Mandel, Trifon Trifonov, Wenli Xu, Florian Lang-Bardl, Bernard Muschielok, Jörg Schlichter, Hans-Joachim Hess, Frank Grupp, Hans Boehringer, Thomas Boller, Tom Dwelly, Ralf Bender, Piero Rosati, Olaf Iwert, Gert Finger, Jean-Louis Lizon L'Allemand, Will Saunders, Andrew Sheinis, Gabriella Frost, Tony Farrell, Lewis Waller, Eric Depagne, Florence Laurent, Patrick Caillier, Johan Kosmalski, Johan Richard, Roland Bacon, Wolfgang Ansorge

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91476I (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057253

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Telescopes, Sensors, Calibration, Spectrographs, Metrology, Neodymium, Ions, Optical instrument design, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Performance of the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) High Resolution Spectrograph (HRS)

Lisa Crause, Ray Sharples, David Bramall, Jürgen Schmoll, Paul Clark, Eddy Younger, Luke Tyas, Sean Ryan, Janus Brink, Ockert Strydom, David Buckley, Martin Wilkinson, Steven Crawford, Éric Depagne

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91476T (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055635

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Stars, Spectral resolution, Mirrors, Calibration, Telescopes, Iodine cells, Large telescopes, Lawrencium, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

4MOST: 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope

Roelof de Jong, Sam Barden, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Joar Brynnel, Cristina Chiappini, Éric Depagne, Roger Haynes, Diana Johl, Daniel Phillips, Olivier Schnurr, Axel Schwope, Jakob Walcher, Svend Bauer, Gabriele Cescutti, Maria-Rosa Cioni, Frank Dionies, Harry Enke, Dionne Haynes, Andreas Kelz, Francisco Kitaura, Georg Lamer, Ivan Minchev, Volker Müller, Sebastián Nuza, Jean-Christophe Olaya, Tilmann Piffl, Emil Popow, Allar Saviauk, Matthias Steinmetz, Uğur Ural, Monica Valentini, Roland Winkler, Lutz Wisotzki, Wolfgang Ansorge, Manda Banerji, Eduardo Gonzalez Solares, Mike Irwin, Robert Kennicutt, David King, Richard McMahon, Sergey Koposov, Ian Parry, Xiaowei Sun, Nicholas Walton, Gert Finger, Olaf Iwert, Mirko Krumpe, Jean-Louis Lizon, Vincenzo Mainieri, Jean-Philippe Amans, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Matthieu Cohen, Patrick François, Pascal Jagourel, Shan Mignot, Frédéric Royer, Paola Sartoretti, Ralf Bender, Hans-Joachim Hess, Florian Lang-Bardl, Bernard Muschielok, Jörg Schlichter, Hans Böhringer, Thomas Boller, Angela Bongiorno, Marcella Brusa, Tom Dwelly, Andrea Merloni, Kirpal Nandra, Mara Salvato, Johannes Pragt, Ramón Navarro, Gerrit Gerlofsma, Ronald Roelfsema, Gavin Dalton, Kevin Middleton, Ian Tosh, Corrado Boeche, Elisabetta Caffau, Norbert Christlieb, Eva Grebel, Camilla Hansen, Andreas Koch, Hans-G. Ludwig, Holger Mandel, Andreas Quirrenbach, Luca Sbordone, Walter Seifert, Guido Thimm, Amina Helmi, Scott trager, Thomas Bensby, Sofia Feltzing, Gregory Ruchti, Bengt Edvardsson, Andreas Korn, Karin Lind, Wilfried Boland, Matthew Colless, Gabriella Frost, James Gilbert, Peter Gillingham, Jon Lawrence, Neville Legg, Will Saunders, Andrew Sheinis, Simon Driver, Aaron Robotham, Roland Bacon, Patrick Caillier, Johan Kosmalski, Florence Laurent, Johan Richard

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91470M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055826

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Stars, Spine, Spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, X-rays, Observatories, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2012 Paper

4MOST: 4-metre multi-object spectroscopic telescope

Roelof de Jong, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Cristina Chiappini, Éric Depagne, Roger Haynes, Diana Johl, Olivier Schnurr, Axel Schwope, Jakob Walcher, Frank Dionies, Dionne Haynes, Andreas Kelz, Francisco Kitaura, Georg Lamer, Ivan Minchev, Volker Müller, Sebastián Nuza, Jean-Christophe Olaya, Tilmann Piffl, Emil Popow, Matthias Steinmetz, Ugur Ural, Mary Williams, Roland Winkler, Lutz Wisotzki, Wolfgang Ansorge, Manda Banerji, Eduardo Gonzalez Solares, Mike Irwin, Robert Kennicutt, Dave King, Richard McMahon, Sergey Koposov, Ian Parry, David Sun, Nicholas Walton, Gert Finger, Olaf Iwert, Mirko Krumpe, Jean-Louis Lizon, Mainieri Vincenzo, Jean-Philippe Amans, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Mathieu Cohen, Patrick Francois, Pascal Jagourel, Shan Mignot, Frédéric Royer, Paola Sartoretti, Ralf Bender, Frank Grupp, Hans-Joachim Hess, Florian Lang-Bardl, Bernard Muschielok, Hans Böhringer, Thomas Boller, Angela Bongiorno, Marcella Brusa, Tom Dwelly, Andrea Merloni, Kirpal Nandra, Mara Salvato, Johannes Pragt, Ramón Navarro, Gerrit Gerlofsma, Ronald Roelfsema, Gavin Dalton, Kevin Middleton, Ian Tosh, Corrado Boeche, Elisabetta Caffau, Norbert Christlieb, Eva Grebel, Camilla Hansen, Andreas Koch, Hans-G. Ludwig, Andreas Quirrenbach, Luca Sbordone, Walter Seifert, Guido Thimm, Trifon Trifonov, Amina Helmi, Scott Trager, Sofia Feltzing, Andreas Korn, Wilfried Boland

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84460T (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926239

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Stars, Space telescopes, Calibration, Actuators, Optical instrument design, Spectral resolution, Spectroscopy, Galactic astronomy

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