The Hercules échelle spectrograph at Mt. John

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 59-76

  Hearnshaw, J B ^a   Barnes, S I ^a   Kershaw, G M ^a   Frost, N ^a   Graham, G ^a   Ritchie, R ^a   Nankivell, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

chelle spectrograph design; High resolution spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038445446     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023770225275     Document Type: Article

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