The Anglo-Australian Observatory 2dF project: A status report after the first year of scientific operation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3355, Issue , 1998, Pages 828-833

  Lewis, I J ^a   Glazebrook, K ^a   Taylor, K ^a  

^a ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

2dF; Multi object fibre spectroscopy; Redshift surveys

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SURVEYS; TELESCOPES;

2DF; ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORIES; CURRENT STATUS; FIRST YEARS; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARES; MULTI-OBJECT FIBRE SPECTROSCOPY; REDSHIFT SURVEYS; SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 62849090669     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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