The MOMFOS fibre positioner

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5492, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1835-1845

  Moore, Anna ^a   McGrath, Andrew ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echidna fibre positioning; ELT; Giant segmented mirror telescope; MOMFOS; Multi fibre spectroscopy; Optical fibres

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TELESCOPES;

ECHIDNA FIBRE POSITIONING; ELT; GIANT SEGMENTED MIRROR TELESCOPE; MOMFOS; MULTI-FIBRE SPECTROSCOPY;

GALAXIES;

EID: 10444256493     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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