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We report the spectral index of diffuse radio emission between 50 and 100 MHz from data collected with two implementations of the Experiment to Detect the Global EoR Signature (EDGES) low-band system. EDGES employs a wide beam…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-08 Thomas J. Mozdzen , Nivedita Mahesh , Raul A. Monsalve , Alan E. E. Rogers , Judd D. Bowman

This paper addresses alternative procedures to the ESO supplied pipeline procedures for the reduction of UVES spectra of two quasar spectra to determine the value of the fundamental constant mu = Mp/Me at early times in the universe. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rodger I. Thompson , Jill Bechtold , John H. Black , C. J. A. P. Martins

The STIS echelle gratings can be used with a variety of different central wavelength settings. "Secondary" wavelength settings, designed to cover select absorption or emission lines, have not been calibrated as precisely as their primary…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 Matthew R. Siebert , TalaWanda Monroe , Svea Hernandez

We present the first X-ray spectrum obtained by the Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (LETGS) aboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The spectrum is of Capella and covers a wavelength range of 5-175 A (2.5-0.07 keV). The measured…

We present an Echelle+CCD, high S/N, high resolution (R = 20\,000) spectroscopic atlas of 108 well-known objects representative of the most common types of peculiar and variable stars. The wavelength interval extends from 4600 to 9400 Ang,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 L. Tomasella , U. Munari , T. Zwitter

We present the performance of the Integral Field Spectrograph (IFS) of SPHERE, the high-contrast imager for the ESO VLT telescope designed to perform imaging and spectroscopy of extrasolar planets, obtained from tests performed at the…

In this paper we describe the U-band imaging of the F02 deep field, one of the fields in the VIRMOS Deep Imaging Survey. The observations were done at the ESO/MPG 2.2m telescope at La Silla (Chile) using the 8k x 8k Wide-Field Imager (WFI).…

The Calar Alto Fiber-fed \'Echelle spectrograph (CAFE) is a high-resolution spectrographs with high-precision radial velocity capabilities mounted in the 2.2m telescope of Calar Alto Observatory. It suffered from strong degradation after 4…

The Gaia-ESO Survey is a large public spectroscopic survey that aims to derive radial velocities and fundamental parameters of about 10^5 Milky Way stars in the field and in clusters. Observations are carried out with the multi-object…

The Waltz Spectrograph is a fiber-fed high-resolution \'echelle spectrograph for the 72 cm Waltz Telescope at the Landessternwarte, Heidelberg. It uses a 31.6 lines/mm 63.5$^{\circ}$ blaze angle \'echelle grating in white-pupil…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 M. Tala , P. Heeren , M. Grill , R. J. Harris , J. Stürmer , C. Schwab , T. Gutcke , S. Reffert , A. Quirrenbach , W. Seifert , H. Mandel , L. Geuer , L. Schäffner , G. Thimm , U. Seemann , J. Tietz , K. Wagner

We report absolutely calibrated measurements of diffuse radio emission between 90 and 190 MHz from the Experiment to Detect the Global EoR Signature (EDGES). EDGES employs a wide beam zenith-pointing dipole antenna centred on a declination…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-25 Thomas. J. Mozdzen , Judd. D. Bowman , Raul. A. Monsalve , Alan. E. E. Rogers

We present the Collection of Elemental Routines for Echelle Spectra (CERES). These routines were developed for the construction of automated pipelines for the reduction, extraction and analysis of spectra acquired with different…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 Rafael Brahm , Andrés Jordán , Néstor Espinoza

The eShel, an off-the-shelf, fiber-fed echelle spectrograph ($R \approx 10,000$), was installed on the 1m telescope at the Wise observatory in Israel. We report the installation of the multi-order spectrograph, and describe our pipeline to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-03 Michael Engel , Sahar Shahaf , Tsevi Mazeh

We present a database of 908 spectra of 709 stars obtained with the ELODIE spectrograph at Observatoire de Haute-Provence. 52 orders of the echelle spectra have been carefully fitted together to provide continuous, high-resolution spectra…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Philippe Prugniel , Caroline Soubiran

The Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), is the Herschel Space Observatory`s submillimetre camera and spectrometer. It contains a three-band imaging photometer operating at 250, 350 and 500 microns, and an imaging Fourier…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. J. Griffin , A. Abergel , A. Abreu , P. A. R. Ade , P. André , J. -L. Augueres , T. Babbedge , Y. Bae , T. Baillie , J. -P. Baluteau , M. J. Barlow , G. Bendo , D. Benielli , J. J. Bock , P. Bonhomme , D. Brisbin , C. Brockley-Blatt , M. Caldwell , C. Cara , N. Castro-Rodriguez , R. Cerulli , P. Chanial , S. Chen , E. Clark , D. L. Clements , L. Clerc , J. Coker , D. Communal , L. Conversi , P. Cox , D. Crumb , C. Cunningham , F. Daly , G. R. Davis , P. De Antoni , J. Delderfield , N. Devin , A. Di Giorgio , I. Didschuns , K. Dohlen , M. Donati , A. Dowell , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , L. Dumaye , R. J. Emery , M. Ferlet , D. Ferrand , J. Fontignie , M. Fox , A. Franceschini , M. Frerking , T. Fulton , J. Garcia , R. Gastaud , W. K. Gear , J. Glenn , A. Goizel , D. K. Griffin , T. Grundy , S. Guest , L. Guillemet , P. C. Hargrave , M. Harwit , P. Hastings , E. Hatziminaoglou , M. Herman , B. Hinde , V. Hristov , M. Huang , P. Imhof , K. J. Isaak , U. Israelsson , R. J. Ivison , D. Jennings , B. Kiernan , K. J. King , A. E. Lange , W. Latter , G. Laurent , P. Laurent , S. J. Leeks , E. Lellouch , L. Levenson , B. Li , J. Li , J. Lilienthal , T. Lim , J. Liu , N. Lu , S. Madden , G. Mainetti , P. Marliani , D. McKay , K. Mercier , S. Molinari , H. Morris , H. Moseley , J. Mulder , M. Mur , D. A. Naylor , H. Nguyen , B. O'Halloran , S. Oliver , G. Olofsson , H. -G. Olofsson , R. Orfei , M. J. Page , I. Pain , P. Panuzzo , A. Papageorgiou , G. Parks , P. Parr-Burman , A. Pearce , C. Pearson , I. Pérez-Fournon , F. Pinsard , G. Pisano , J. Podosek , M. Pohlen , E. T. Polehampton , D. Pouliquen , D. Rigopoulou , D. Rizzo , I. G. Roseboom , H. Roussel , M. Rowan-Robinson , B. Rownd , P. Saraceno , M. Sauvage , R. Savage , G. Savini , E. Sawyer , C. Scharmberg , D. Schmitt , N. Schneider , B. Schulz , A. Schwartz , R. Shafer , D. L. Shupe , B. Sibthorpe , S. Sidher , A. Smith , A. J. Smith , D. Smith , L. Spencer , B. Stobie , R. Sudiwala , K. Sukhatme , C. Surace , J. A. Stevens , B. M. Swinyard , M. Trichas , T. Tourette , H. Triou , S. Tseng , C. Tucker , A. Turner , M. Vaccari , I. Valtchanov , L. Vigroux , E. Virique , G. Voellmer , H. Walker , R. Ward , T. Waskett , M. Weilert , R. Wesson , G. J. White , N. Whitehouse , C. D. Wilson , B. Winter , A. L. Woodcraft , G. S. Wright , C. K. Xu , A. Zavagno , M. Zemcov , L. Zhang , E. Zonca

The Echelle spectrograph operating at Vainu Bappu Telescope (VBT) is a general purpose instrument designed for high resolution spectroscopy. It is being considered for precision Doppler measurements without altering the existing design and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-28 Sireesha Chamarthi , Ravinder K. Banyal , S. Sriram

A well-adapted visible and infrared spectrograph has been developed for the SNAP (SuperNova/Acceleration Probe) experiment proposed for JDEM. The instrument should have a high sensitivity to see faint supernovae but also a good redshift…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 M-H. Aumeunier , A. Ealet , E. Prieto , C. Cerna , P-E. Crouzet

We present a method estimating the atmospheric parameters Teff, log g, [Fe/H] for stars observed, even at low signal to noise ratio, with the echelle spectrograph ELODIE on the 193cm telescope at Observatoire de Haute-Provence. The method…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Katz , C. Soubiran , R. Cayrel , M. Adda , R. Cautain

The FORS2 instrument is one of the most widely used and productive instruments on the Very Large Telescope. This article reports on a project to improve the quality of the reduced FORS2 spectra that can be produced with the software…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-23 Sabine Moehler , C. E. García Dabo , Henri Boffin , Gero Rupprecht , Ivo Saviane , Wolfram Freudling

The Far Ultraviolet (FUV: hereafter 900-1150 A) is a spectral range which contains many of the ground state transitions of common elements but has had limited observational capabilities due to the unique technological requirements to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-29 James C. Green