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This paper describes the on-telescope performance of the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS). The design characteristics of this instrument, at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) of the Australian National University (ANU)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-25 Michael Dopita , Jonghwan Rhee , Catherine Farage , Peter McGregor , Gabe Bloxham , Anthony Green , Bill Roberts , Jon Nielson , Greg Wilson , Peter Young

We present high-resolution observations of nearby ($z\lesssim 0.1$) galaxies that have hosted Type Ia supernovae to measure systemic spectroscopic redshifts using the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS) instrument on the Australian National…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-20 Anthony Carr , Tamara M. Davis , Ryan Camilleri , Chris Lidman , Kenneth C. Freeman , Dan Scolnic

We present the current results from the development of a wide integral field infrared spectrograph (WIFIS). WIFIS offers an unprecedented combination of etendue and spectral resolving power for seeing-limited, integral field observations in…

We have recently commissioned a novel infrared ($0.9-1.7$ $\mu$m) integral field spectrograph (IFS) called the Wide Integral Field Infrared Spectrograph (WIFIS). WIFIS is a unique instrument that offers a very large field-of-view…

This paper presents the first major data release and survey description for the ANU WiFeS SuperNovA Program (AWSNAP). AWSNAP is an ongoing supernova spectroscopy campaign utilising the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS) on the Australian…

The operation of the ANU 2.3m telescope transitioned from classically scheduled remote observing to fully autonomous queue scheduled observing in March 2023. The instrument currently supported is WiFeS, a visible-light low-resolution…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-01 Ian Price , Jon Nielsen , Chris Lidman , Jamie Soon , Tony Travouillon , Rob Sharp

AAOmega is the new spectrograph for the 2dF fibre-positioning system on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. It is a bench-mounted, double-beamed design, using volume phase holographic (VPH) gratings and articulating cameras. It is fed by 392…

We present the wide field slitless spectroscopy mode of the NIRISS instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope. This mode employs two orthogonal low-resolution (resolving power $\approx 150$) grisms in combination with a set of six…

The Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) is an optical/near-infrared multi-fiber spectrograph with 2394 science fibers, which are distributed in 1.3 degree diameter field of view at Subaru 8.2-meter telescope. The simultaneous wide wavelength…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Hajime Sugai , Naoyuki Tamura , Hiroshi Karoji , Atsushi Shimono , Naruhisa Takato , Masahiko Kimura , Youichi Ohyama , Akitoshi Ueda , Hrand Aghazarian , Marcio Vital de Arruda , Robert H. Barkhouser , Charles L. Bennett , Steve Bickerton , Alexandre Bozier , David F. Braun , Khanh Bui , Christopher M. Capocasale , Michael A. Carr , Bruno Castilho , Yin-Chang Chang , Hsin-Yo Chen , Richard C. Y. Chou , Olivia R. Dawson , Richard G. Dekany , Eric M. Ek , Richard S. Ellis , Robin J. English , Didier Ferrand , Décio Ferreira , Charles D. Fisher , Mirek Golebiowski , James E. Gunn , Murdock Hart , Timothy M. Heckman , Paul T. P. Ho , Stephen Hope , Larry E. Hovland , Shu-Fu Hsuc , Yen-Shan Hu , Pin Jie Huang , Marc Jaquet , Jennifer E. Karr , Jason G. Kempenaar , Matthew E. King , Olivier Le Fèvre , David Le Mignant , Hung-Hsu Ling , Craig Loomis , Robert H. Lupton , Fabrice Madec , Peter Mao , Lucas Souza Marrara , Brice Ménard , Chaz Morantz , Hitoshi Murayama , Graham J. Murray , Antonio Cesar de Oliveira , Claudia Mendes de Oliveira , Ligia Souza de Oliveira , Joe D. Orndorff , Rodrigo de Paiva Vilaça , Eamon J. Partos , Sandrine Pascal , Thomas Pegot-Ogier , Daniel J. Reiley , Reed Riddle , Leandro Santos , Jesulino Bispo dos Santos , Mark A. Schwochert , Michael D. Seiffert , Stephen A. Smee , Roger M. Smith , Ronald E. Steinkraus , Laerte Sodré , David N. Spergel , Christian Surace , Laurence Tresse , Clément Vidal , Sebastien Vives , Shiang-Yu Wang , Chih-Yi Wen , Amy C. Wu , Rosie Wyse , Chi-Hung Yan

We present a progress report on the design and construction of the Field-Imaging Far-Infrared Line Spectrometer (FIFI LS) for the SOFIA airborne observatory. The design of the instrument is driven by the goal of maximizing observing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 L. W. Looney , N. Geis , R. Genzel , W. K. Park , A. Poglitsch , W. Raab , D. Rosenthal , A. Urban , T. Henning

The WFI (Wide Field Imager) instrument is planned to be one of two complementary focal plane cameras on ESA's next X-ray observatory Athena. It combines unprecedented survey power through its large field of view of 40 amin x 40 amin…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-06 Norbert Meidinger , Josef Eder , Tanja Eraerds , Kirpal Nandra , Daniel Pietschner , Markus Plattner , Arne Rau , Rafael Strecker

We present the WiFeS Atlas of Galactic Globular cluster Spectra, a library of integrated spectra of Milky Way and Local Group globular clusters. We used the WiFeS integral field spectrograph on the Australian National University 2.3 m…

Astrophotonics is the next-generation approach that provides the means to miniaturize near-infrared (NIR) spectrometers for upcoming large telescopes and make them more robust and inexpensive. The target requirements for our spectrograph…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 Pradip Gatkine , Sylvain Veilleux , Yiwen Hu , Tiecheng Zhu , Yang Meng , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Mario Dagenais

WINERED is a newly built high-efficiency (throughput$ > 25-30\%$) and high-resolution spectrograph customized for short NIR bands at 0.9-1.35 ${\rm \mu}$m. WINERED is equipped with ambient temperature optics and a cryogenic camera using a…

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), a NASA MIDEX mission, will survey the entire sky in four bands from 3.3 to 23 microns with a sensitivity 1000 times greater than the IRAS survey. The WISE survey will extend the Two Micron All…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. K. Mainzer , P. Eisenhardt , E. L. Wright , F. Liu , W. Irace , I. Heinrichsen , R. Cutri , V. Duval

The Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) is a major instrument under development for the 8.2 m Subaru telescope. Four identical spectrograph modules are located in a room above one Nasmyth focus. A 55~m fiber optic cable feeds light to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Robert Barkhouser , James Arns , James E. Gunn

Wide Field Slitless Spectroscopy (WFSS) provides a powerful tool for detecting strong line emission in star forming galaxies (SFGs) without the need for target pre-selection. As part of the GLASS-JWST-ERS program, we leverage the…

We present details of a prototype fiber feed for use on the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) that uses a dedicated fiber-fed medium/high resolution (R > 10000) visible-band spectrograph to give integral field spectroscopy (IFS) of an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Matthew A. Kenworthy , Ian R. Parry , Keith Taylor

The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE; Wright et al. 2010) satellite observed the full sky in four mid-infrared bands in the 2.8 to 28 micron range. The primary mission was completed in 2010. The WISE team have done a superb job of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-05 Dustin Lang
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