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Paper Abstract
VIRUS is the massively replicated fiber-fed spectrograph being built for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope to support
HETDEX (the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment). The instrument consists of 156 identical
channels, fed by 34,944 fibers contained in 78 integral field units, deployed in the 22 arcminute field of the
upgraded HET. VIRUS covers 350-550nm at R ≈ 700 and is built to target Lyman α emitters at 1.9 < z < 3.5 to
measure the evolution of dark energy. Here we present the assembly line construction of the VIRUS spectrographs,
including their alignment and plans for characterization. We briefly discuss plans for installation on the telescope.
The spectrographs are being installed on the HET in several stages, and the instrument is due for completion
by the end of 2014.
Paper Details
Date Published: 14 July 2014
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91470R (14 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2056503
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: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91470R (14 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2056503
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Sarah E. Tuttle, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Gary J. Hill, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Hanshin Lee, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Brian Vattiat, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Eva Noyola, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Niv Drory, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Mark Cornell, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Trent Peterson, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Taylor Chonis, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Richard Allen, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Gavin Dalton, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Darren DePoy, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Doug Edmonston, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Gary J. Hill, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Hanshin Lee, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Brian Vattiat, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Eva Noyola, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Niv Drory, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Mark Cornell, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Trent Peterson, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Taylor Chonis, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Richard Allen, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Gavin Dalton, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Darren DePoy, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Doug Edmonston, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Maximillian Fabricius, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
Dionne Haynes, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Andreas Kelz, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Martin Landriau, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Michael Lesser, The Univ. of Arizona Imaging Technology Lab. (United States)
Bob Leach, Astronomical Research Cameras, Inc. (United States)
Jennifer Marshall, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Jeremy Murphy, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
David Perry, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Travis Prochaska, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Jason Ramsey, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Richard Savage, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Dionne Haynes, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Andreas Kelz, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)
Martin Landriau, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Michael Lesser, The Univ. of Arizona Imaging Technology Lab. (United States)
Bob Leach, Astronomical Research Cameras, Inc. (United States)
Jennifer Marshall, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Jeremy Murphy, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
David Perry, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Travis Prochaska, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Jason Ramsey, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Richard Savage, McDonald Observatory, 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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