The first-generation instruments for the southern african large telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5492, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 60-74

  Buckley, D A H ^a   Cottrell, P L ^b   Nordsieck, K H ^c   O'Donoghue, D ^d   Williams, T B ^e  

^a SALT   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

10 m telescopes; Astronomical instruments; Fabry perot spectroscopy; High speed astronomy; Imaging camera; Polarimetry; SALT; Science drivers; Spectrographs; VPH gratings

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; IMAGE QUALITY; POLARIMETERS; SPECTROGRAPHS; SPECTROSCOPY;

10-M TELESCOPES; ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS; FABRY-PEROT SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH SPEED ASTRONOMY; IMAGING CAMERAS; SCIENCE DRIVERS; SOUTHERN AFRICAN LARGE TELESCOPE (SALT); VHP GRATINGS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 10444240293     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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