The SAURON project - I. The panoramic integral-field spectrograph

被引：579

作者：

Bacon, R

Copin, Y

Monnet, G

Miller, BW

Allington-Smith, JR

Bureau, M

Carollo, CM

Davies, RL

Emsellem, E

Kuntschner, H

Peletier, RF

Verolme, EK

de Zeeuw, PT

机构：

[1] CRAL Observ, F-69230 St Genis Laval, France

[2] Sterrewacht Leiden, NL-2333 CA Leiden, Netherlands

[3] European So Observ, D-85748 Garching, Germany

[4] Gemini Observ, La Serena, Chile

[5] Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3LE, England

[6] Columbia Univ, Dept Astron, New York, NY 10027 USA

[7] Univ Nottingham, Dept Phys & Astron, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England

来源：

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | 2001年 / 326卷 / 01期

关键词：

instrumentation : spectrographs; galaxies : elliptical and lenticular; cD galaxies : individual : NGC 3377; galaxies : kinematics and dynamics; galaxies : spiral; galaxies : stellar content;

D O I：

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04612.x

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

A new integral-field spectrograph, SAURON, is described. It is based on the TIGER principle, and uses a lenslet array. SAURON has a large field of view and high throughput, and allows simultaneous sky subtraction. Its design is optimized for studies of the stellar kinematics, gas kinematics, and line-strength distributions of nearby early-type galaxies. The instrument design and specifications are described, as well as the extensive analysis software which was developed to obtain fully calibrated spectra, and the associated kinematic and line-strength measurements. A companion paper will report on the first results obtained with SAURON on the William Herschel Telescope.

引用

页码：23 / 35

页数：13

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