Scientific and technical performance of GMOS, the Gemini multiobject spectrograph

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5492, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 181-189

  Crampton, David ^a   Murowinski, R G ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astronomical instrumentation; Integral field spectroscopy; Spectrograph; Wide field spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DETECTORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION; INSTRUMENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE (ISS); INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; WIDE-FIELD SPECTROSCOPY;

SPECTROGRAPHS;

EID: 10444277285     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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