First science observations with the ACES echelle spectrograph

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5492, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 172-180

  Reynolds, Robert O ^a   Lloyd Hart, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Echelle; Fiber optics; Instrumentation; Spectrograph

Indexed keywords

ECHELLE; FIBER COUPLER; GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES; INSTRUMENTATION;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FIBER OPTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TELESCOPES;

SPECTROGRAPHS;

EID: 10444230372     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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