Performances of X-shooter, the new wide-band intermediate resolution spectrograph at the VLT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7735, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Vernet, J ^a   Dekker, H ^a   D'Odorico, S ^a   Mason, E ^a   Di Marcantonio, P ^b   Downing, M ^a   Elswijk, E ^c   Finger, G ^a   Fischer, G ^a   Kerber, F ^a   Kern, L ^a   Lizon, J L ^a   Lucuix, C ^a   Mainieri, V ^a   Modigliani, A ^a   Patat, F ^a   Ramsay, S ^a   Santin, P ^b   Vidali, M ^d   Groot, P ^e   Guinouard, I ^f   Hammer, F ^f   Kaper, L ^g   Kjaergaard Rasmussen P ^h   Navarro, R ^c   Randich, S ⁱ   Zerbi, F ^j   more..

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^j INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

performance; VLT; X shooter

Indexed keywords

HIGH EFFICIENCY; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE; SCIENCE OPERATIONS; SINGLE SHOTS; VLT; WIDE-BAND; X-SHOOTER;

INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROGRAPHS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 78049411165     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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