In this paper we describe the echelle spectrograph of the 2 meter telescope of the Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory. The spectrograph is a cross-dispersed, bench-mounted, fiber-fed instrument giving a resolution from ∼30000 to ∼45000. The spectral range obtained in one single image is from 3900 to 9000 {\AA}. We describe the parameters of the fiber injection and the guiding unit, of the spectrograph itself, and of the detector. The identified orders and the resulting resolving power are presented. The opportunity to increase of the resolution by using a narrower slit is discussed and the corresponding loss of flux is calculated. The expected signal-to-noise ratio for a set of stars of different magnitudes was derived. Some of the first results obtained with ESpeRo are shortly described.
@article{arxiv.1612.07226,
title = {ESpeRo: Echelle Spectrograph Rozhen},
author = {Tanyu Bonev and Haralambi Markov and Toma Tomov and Rumen Bogdanovski and Pencho Markishki and Maya Belcheva and Wojciech Dimitrov and Krzysztof Kamiński and Ilko Milushev and Faig Musaev and Mirela Napetova and Grigor Nikolov and Plamen Nikolov and Tihomir Tenev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.07226},
year = {2016}
}
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24 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in Bulgarian Astronomical Journal, Vol. 26, http://www.astro.bas.bg/AIJ/issues/n26/index.html