GMACS: a wide field, multi-object, moderate-resolution, optical spectrograph for the Giant Magellan Telescope

D. L. DePoy; R. Allen; R. Barkhouser; E. Boster; D. Carona; A. Harding; R. Hammond; J. L. Marshall; J. Orndorff; C. Papovich; K. Prochaska; T. Prochaska; J. P. Rheault; S. Smee; S. Shectman; S. Villanueva Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.926186

24 September 2012 GMACS: a wide field, multi-object, moderate-resolution, optical spectrograph for the Giant Magellan Telescope

D. L. DePoy, R. Allen, R. Barkhouser, E. Boster, D. Carona, A. Harding, R. Hammond, J. L. Marshall, J. Orndorff, C. Papovich, K. Prochaska, T. Prochaska, J. P. Rheault, S. Smee, S. Shectman, S. Villanueva Jr.

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Proceedings Volume 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV; 84461N (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926186
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

We present a conceptual design for a moderate resolution optical spectrograph for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). The spectrograph is designed to make use of the large field-of-view of the GMT and be suitable for observations of very faint objects across a wide range of optical wavelengths. We show some details of the optical and mechanical design of the instrument.

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D. L. DePoy, R. Allen, R. Barkhouser, E. Boster, D. Carona, A. Harding, R. Hammond, J. L. Marshall, J. Orndorff, C. Papovich, K. Prochaska, T. Prochaska, J. P. Rheault, S. Smee, S. Shectman, and S. Villanueva Jr. "GMACS: a wide field, multi-object, moderate-resolution, optical spectrograph for the Giant Magellan Telescope", Proc. SPIE 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, 84461N (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926186

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