Construction of the blue-arm of the ANU 2.3m telescope Wide-Field Spectrograph

ANU 2.3m 望远镜宽视场摄谱仪蓝臂的构造

• 批准号: LE0775546
• 负责人: Prof Michael Bessell
• 金额: $ 24.67万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE0775546
• 关键词: Construction; blue; arm; ANU; 2.3m

The new blue and red arms of the WiFeS spectrograph on the SSO 2.3m telescope utilizes new optical techniques and advances in detector technology to provide unique capabilities for front-line research and student training. The novel integral field units on WiFeS extract spectra across the face of faint, distant galaxies enabling the dynamics of the stellar and gas content to be analysed in unprecedented detail. Another important project will be to follow-up interesting objects discovered by the new SkyMapper telescope and establish those that need to be observed on 8 m telescopes such as Gemini, Magellan or VLT.

SSO 2.3米望远镜上WiFeS光谱仪的新蓝色和红色臂利用新的光学技术和探测器技术的进步，为一线研究和学生培训提供独特的能力。WiFeS上的新型积分场单元提取了微弱遥远星系表面的光谱，从而能够以前所未有的细节分析恒星和气体含量的动态。另一个重要项目将是跟踪新的SkyMapper望远镜发现的有趣物体，并确定需要在8米望远镜上观察的物体，如双子座，麦哲伦或VLT。