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Paper Abstract
VIRUS is the visible, integral-field replicable unit spectrograph for the Hobby-Eberly-Telescope (HET) consisting of 75
integral-field-units that feed 150 spectrographs. The full VIRUS instrument features over 33,000 fibres, each projecting
to 1.5 arcseconds diameter on sky, deployed at the prime focus of the upgraded 10m HET. The assembly and acceptance
testing for all IFUs includes microscopic surface quality inspections, astrometry of fibre positions, relative throughput
measurements, focal-ratio-degradation evaluation, and system acceptance using a VIRUS reference spectrograph to
verify the image quality, spectral transmission, stability, or to detect any stray light issues.
Paper Details
Date Published: 10 July 2014
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 914775 (10 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2056384
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9147:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 914775 (10 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2056384
Show Author Affiliations
Andreas Kelz, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Thomas Jahn, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
D. Haynes, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
G. J. Hill, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
H. Lee, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
J. D. Murphy, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Justus Neumann, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Harald Nicklas, Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen (Germany)
M. Rutowska, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Thomas Jahn, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
D. Haynes, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
G. J. Hill, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
H. Lee, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
J. D. Murphy, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Justus Neumann, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Harald Nicklas, Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen (Germany)
M. Rutowska, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
C. Sandin, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
O. Streicher, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
S. Tuttle, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
M. Fabricius, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
S. M. Bauer, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
B. Vattiat, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
H. Anwand, Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen (Germany)
R. Savage, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
O. Streicher, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
S. Tuttle, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
M. Fabricius, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
S. M. Bauer, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
B. Vattiat, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
H. Anwand, Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen (Germany)
R. Savage, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9147:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)
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