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Paper Abstract
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) is an innovative large telescope located in West Texas at the McDonald Observatory. The HET operates with a fixed segmented primary and has a tracker, which moves the four-mirror optical corrector and prime focus instrument package to track the sidereal and non-sidereal motions of objects. A major upgrade of the HET is in progress that will substantially increase the pupil size to 10 meters (from 9.2 m) and the field of view to 22 arcminutes (from 4 arcminutes) by replacing the corrector, tracker, and prime focus instrument package. In addition to supporting existing instruments, and a new low resolution spectrograph, this wide field upgrade will feed a revolutionary new integral field spectrograph called VIRUS, in support of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX§). The upgrade is being installed and this paper discusses the current status.
Paper Details
Date Published: 22 July 2014
PDF: 19 pages
Proc. SPIE 9145, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V, 914506 (22 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2057032
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9145:
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V
Larry M. Stepp; Roberto Gilmozzi; Helen J. Hall, Editor(s)
PDF: 19 pages
Proc. SPIE 9145, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V, 914506 (22 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2057032
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Gary J. Hill, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Niv Drory, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
John Good, 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)
Herman Kriel, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Randy Bryant, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Linda Elliot, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Martin Landriau, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Ron Leck, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
David Perry, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (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)
Richard D. Allen, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
George Damm, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
D. L. DePoy, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Niv Drory, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
John Good, 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)
Herman Kriel, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Randy Bryant, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Linda Elliot, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Martin Landriau, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Ron Leck, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
David Perry, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (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)
Richard D. Allen, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
George Damm, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
D. L. DePoy, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Jim Fowler, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Karl Gebhardt, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Marco Haeuser, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Phillip MacQueen, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
J. L. Marshall, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Jerry Martin, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Travis Prochaska, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Lawrence W. Ramsey, Univ.-Sternwarte München (Germany)
Jean-Philippe Rheault, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Matthew Shetrone, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Emily Schroeder Mrozinski, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Sarah E. Tuttle, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Mark E. Cornell, MIT Lincoln Lab. (United States)
John Booth, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Walter Moreira, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Karl Gebhardt, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Marco Haeuser, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Phillip MacQueen, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
J. L. Marshall, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Jerry Martin, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Travis Prochaska, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Lawrence W. Ramsey, Univ.-Sternwarte München (Germany)
Jean-Philippe Rheault, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Matthew Shetrone, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Emily Schroeder Mrozinski, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Sarah E. Tuttle, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Mark E. Cornell, MIT Lincoln Lab. (United States)
John Booth, McDonald Observatory, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Walter Moreira, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9145:
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V
Larry M. Stepp; Roberto Gilmozzi; Helen J. Hall, Editor(s)
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