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The New Coudé Échelle Spectrograph for the Anglo Australian Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

David D. Walker  and
Francisco Diego
David D. Walker
Affiliation:
University College London, London, England
Francisco Diego
Affiliation:
University College London, London, England

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During 1983, the advisory committee for instrumentation at the Anglo Australian Telescope (AAT) recommended that, as a matter of high priority, an échelle spectrograph should be procured for the f/36 coudé focus. The aim was to satisfy the high spectral-resolution needs of the community which, hereto, have been neglected. We at University College London (UCL) were invited to consider the design and our proposal was subsequently accepted by the Board. We are now at an advanced stage in optimizing the optical system, and mechanical design is proceeding. We plan to test the complete system in the laboratory at UCL prior to installation and commissioning at the AAT which we anticipate will be during 1987.

Type
IV. Instrumentation - Components
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 79: Very Large Telescopes, their Instrumentation and Programs , 1984 , pp. 499 - 513
Copyright
Copyright © ESO 1984

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