FOCAS: Faint object camera and spectrograph for the Subaru telescope

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作者
Kashikawa, N [1 ]
Inata, M [1 ]
Iye, M [1 ]
Kawabata, K [1 ]
Okita, K [1 ]
Kosugi, G [1 ]
Ohyama, Y [1 ]
Sasaki, T [1 ]
Sekiguchi, K [1 ]
Takata, T [1 ]
Shimizu, Y [1 ]
Yoshida, M [1 ]
Aoki, K [1 ]
Saito, Y [1 ]
Asai, R [1 ]
Taguchi, H [1 ]
Ebizuka, N [1 ]
Ozawa, T [1 ]
Yadoumaru, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Astron Observ, Opt & Infrared Astron Div, Mitaka, Tokyo 1818588, Japan
来源
OPTICAL AND IR TELESCOPE INSTRUMENTATION AND DETECTORS, PTS 1 AND 2 | 2000年 / 4008卷
关键词
instrumentation; optical imaging; optical spectroscopy;
D O I
10.1117/12.395414
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Faint object camera and spectrograph, FOCAS, is a Cassegrain optical instrument of Subaru telescope. It has a capability of 6 arcmin FOV direst imaging, low resolution spectroscopy (R = 500 - 3000 with 0.2arcsec slitwidth), multi-slit spectroscopy as well as polarimetry. Only the imaging mode has been available so far. The overall design, the observing functions, and the preliminary performance verifications of FOCAS will be presented.
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页数:10
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