The performance of OzPoz, a multi-fiber positioner on the VLT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4841, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1170-1179

  Gillingham, Peter ^a   Popovic, Dan ^a   Farrell, Tony ^a   Waller, Lew ^a  

^a ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air bearings; Astronomical instrumentation; Optical fibers; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OPTICAL FIBERS; ROBOTICS; TELESCOPES;

MULTI-FIBER POSITIONERS;

SPECTROGRAPHS;

EID: 0037958624     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461950     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. L. Pasquini et al, "Installation and Commissioning of FLAMES, the VLT multifiber facility," ESO Messenger (in press Nov. 2002).
2. P. Gillingham, S.Miziarski, U. Klauser, "Mechanical Features of the OzPoz fiber positioner for the VLT", in Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, Masanori Iye, Editor, Proceedings of the SPIE Vol. 4008 (2000).
3. R. Stone, J. Pier, D. Monet, "Improved astrometric calibration regions along the celestial equator", Astronomical Journal, 118, pp 2488-2502, 1999.