MUSE from Europe to the Chilean Sky

P. Caillier; Mateo Accardo; L. Adjali; H. Anwand; R. Bacon; D. Boudon; L. Capoani; E. Daguisé; M. Dupieux; C. Dupuy; M. François; A. Glindemann; D. Gojak; F. Gonté; N. Haddad; G. Hansali; T. Hahn; A. Jarno; A. Kelz; Kristof Koehler; Johan Kosmalski; F. Laurent; M. Larrieu; J.-L. Lizon; M. Loupias; A. Manescau; J. E. Migniau; C. Monstein; H. Nicklas; L. Parès; A. Pécontal-Rousset; L. Piqueras; R. Reiss; A. Remillieux; E. Renault; G. Rupprecht; O. Streicher; R. Stuik; H. Valentin; J. Vernet; P. Weilbacher; G. Zins

doi:10.1117/12.2057056

10 July 2014 MUSE from Europe to the Chilean Sky

P. Caillier, Mateo Accardo, L. Adjali, H. Anwand, R. Bacon, D. Boudon, L. Capoani, E. Daguisé, M. Dupieux, C. Dupuy, M. François, A. Glindemann, D. Gojak, F. Gonté, N. Haddad, G. Hansali, T. Hahn, A. Jarno, A. Kelz, Kristof Koehler, Johan Kosmalski, F. Laurent, M. Larrieu, J.-L. Lizon, M. Loupias, A. Manescau, J. E. Migniau, C. Monstein, H. Nicklas, L. Parès, A. Pécontal-Rousset, L. Piqueras, R. Reiss, A. Remillieux, E. Renault, G. Rupprecht, O. Streicher, R. Stuik, H. Valentin, J. Vernet, P. Weilbacher, G. Zins

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Proceedings Volume 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V; 91475K (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057056
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

MUSE (Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) is a second generation instrument, built for ESO (European Southern Observatory) and dedicated to the VLT (Very Large Telescope). This instrument is an innovative integral field spectrograph (1x1 arcmin² Field of View), operating in the visible wavelength range, from 465 nm to 930 nm. The MUSE project is supported by a European consortium of 7 institutes. After the finalisation of its integration and test in Europe validated by its Preliminary Acceptance in Europe, the MUSE instrument has been partially dismounted and shipped to the VLT (Very Large Telescope) in Chile. From October 2013 till February 2014, it has then been reassembled, tested and finally installed on the telescope its final home. From there it will collect its first photons coming from the outer limit of the visible universe. To come to this achievement, many tasks had to be completed and challenges overcome. These last steps in the project life have certainly been ones of the most critical. Critical in terms of risk, of working conditions, of operational constrains, of schedule and finally critical in terms of outcome: The first light and the final performances of the instrument on the sky.

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P. Caillier, Mateo Accardo, L. Adjali, H. Anwand, R. Bacon, D. Boudon, L. Capoani, E. Daguisé, M. Dupieux, C. Dupuy, M. François, A. Glindemann, D. Gojak, F. Gonté, N. Haddad, G. Hansali, T. Hahn, A. Jarno, A. Kelz, Kristof Koehler, Johan Kosmalski, F. Laurent, M. Larrieu, J.-L. Lizon, M. Loupias, A. Manescau, J. E. Migniau, C. Monstein, H. Nicklas, L. Parès, A. Pécontal-Rousset, L. Piqueras, R. Reiss, A. Remillieux, E. Renault, G. Rupprecht, O. Streicher, R. Stuik, H. Valentin, J. Vernet, P. Weilbacher, and G. Zins "MUSE from Europe to the Chilean Sky", Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91475K (10 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057056

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