OSMOS: The Ohio State MultiObject Spectrograph

该项目将为MDM(最初称为密歇根-达特茅斯-麻省理工学院)2.4米望远镜建造一台新的宽视场仪器，作为开发和培训研究生新兴仪器技术的平台。该仪器是一台宽视场(直径20角分)成像仪和光谱仪，将为多个学生项目设计。这些项目中的每一个都是大约一年的努力(每个学生)的一个例子，将向学生介绍天文仪器方面的现代技术，特别是正在或将成为未来大望远镜仪器的关键组成部分的新兴技术。该仪器将用于进行一系列丰富的科学调查，包括Ia型超新星的特征以及对低红移星系群和星系团的研究。对学生进行这些技术的培训将扩大整个社区未来的能力。

This project will build a new, wide-field instrument for the MDM (originally called the Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT) 2.4meter telescope that will serve as a platform to develop and train graduate students in emerging instrument technologies. This instrument is a wide-field (20 arcminute diameter) imager and spectrograph and will be designed for multiple student projects.. Each of these projects is an example of an approximately one year effort (per student) that will introduce students to modern techniques in astronomical instrumentation, and in particular to emerging technologies that are or will be key components of future instrumentation on large telescopes. This instrument will be used to conduct a rich array of scientific investigations including characterization of type Ia supernovae and the study of low redshift groups and clusters of galaxies. Training students in these technologies will expand the future capabilities of the entire community.