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The SCORPIO focal reducer

Astrophysics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We describe the SCORPIO focal reducer that has been used since the fall of 2000 for observations on the 6-m Special Astrophysical Observatory telescope. We give parameters of the instrument in various observing modes (direct images, long-slit and multislit spectroscopy, spectropolarimetry, Fabry-Perot panoramic spectroscopy). Observations of various astronomical objects are used as examples to demonstrate the SCORPIO capabilities.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0502095,
  title  = {The SCORPIO focal reducer},
  author = {V. L. Afanasiev and A. V. Moiseev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0502095},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages, 7 figs, accepted to Astronomy Letters, 2005