Integration and early testing of WEAVE: the next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

G. Dalton, S. Trager, D. Abrams, P. Bonifacio, J. Aguerri, A. Vallenari, G. Bishop, K. Middleton, C. Benn, K. Dee, S. Mignot, I. Lewis, J. Pragt, S. Picó, N. Walton, J. Rey, C. Prieto, É. Lhomé, M. Balcells, D. Terrett, M. Brock, Andy Ridings, J. Skvarc, M. Verheijen, I. Steele, R. Stuik, G. Kroes, N. Tromp, J. Kragt, D. Lesman, C. Mottram, S. Bates, F. Gribbin, J. A. Burgal, J. Herreros, J. Delgado, Carlos Martín, D. Cano, R. Navarro, M. Irwin, L. P. D. Arriba, Neil O'Mahoney, A. Bianco, Alireza Moleinezhad, R. T. Horst, E. Molinari, M. Lodi, J. Guerra, A. Baruffalo, E. Carrasco, Szigfrid Farcas, Ellen Schallig, Sarah Hughes, V. Hill, Daniel J B Smith, J. Drew, B. Poggianti, A. Iovino, Mat Pieri, Shoko Jin, Lillian Dominguez Palmero, C. Farina, Adrian P. Martin, C. Worley, David Murphy, S. Guest, H. Morris, E. Elswijk, M. D. Haan, H. Hanenburg, B. Salasnich, D. Mayya, R. Izazaga-Pérez, E. Gafton, E. Caffau, D. Horville, F. P. Chinchón, Jesus Falcon-Barosso, B. Gänsicke, J. Juan, N. Hernandez
{"title":"Integration and early testing of WEAVE: the next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope","authors":"G. Dalton, S. Trager, D. Abrams, P. Bonifacio, J. Aguerri, A. Vallenari, G. Bishop, K. Middleton, C. Benn, K. Dee, S. Mignot, I. Lewis, J. Pragt, S. Picó, N. Walton, J. Rey, C. Prieto, É. Lhomé, M. Balcells, D. Terrett, M. Brock, Andy Ridings, J. Skvarc, M. Verheijen, I. Steele, R. Stuik, G. Kroes, N. Tromp, J. Kragt, D. Lesman, C. Mottram, S. Bates, F. Gribbin, J. A. Burgal, J. Herreros, J. Delgado, Carlos Martín, D. Cano, R. Navarro, M. Irwin, L. P. D. Arriba, Neil O'Mahoney, A. Bianco, Alireza Moleinezhad, R. T. Horst, E. Molinari, M. Lodi, J. Guerra, A. Baruffalo, E. Carrasco, Szigfrid Farcas, Ellen Schallig, Sarah Hughes, V. Hill, Daniel J B Smith, J. Drew, B. Poggianti, A. Iovino, Mat Pieri, Shoko Jin, Lillian Dominguez Palmero, C. Farina, Adrian P. Martin, C. Worley, David Murphy, S. Guest, H. Morris, E. Elswijk, M. D. Haan, H. Hanenburg, B. Salasnich, D. Mayya, R. Izazaga-Pérez, E. Gafton, E. Caffau, D. Horville, F. P. Chinchón, Jesus Falcon-Barosso, B. Gänsicke, J. Juan, N. Hernandez","doi":"10.1117/12.2561067","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We present an update on the overall integration progress of the WEAVE next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), now scheduled for first light in early-2021, with almost all components now arrived at the observatory. We also present a summary of the current planning behind the 5-year initial phase of survey operations, and some detailed end-to-end science simulations that have been implemented to evaluate the final on-sky performance after data processing. WEAVE will provide optical ground-based follow up of ground-based (LOFAR) and space-based (Gaia) surveys. WEAVE is a multi-object and multi-IFU facility utilizing a new 2-degree prime focus field of view at the WHT, with a buffered pick-and-place positioner system hosting 1000 multi-object (MOS) fibres, 20 mini integral field units, or a single large IFU for each observation. The fibres are fed to a single (dual-beam) spectrograph, with total of 16k spectral pixels, located within the WHT GHRIL enclosure on the telescope Nasmyth platform, supporting observations at R~5000 over the full 370-1000nm wavelength range in a single exposure, or a high resolution mode with limited coverage in each arm at R~20000.","PeriodicalId":215000,"journal":{"name":"Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561067","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 9

Abstract

We present an update on the overall integration progress of the WEAVE next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), now scheduled for first light in early-2021, with almost all components now arrived at the observatory. We also present a summary of the current planning behind the 5-year initial phase of survey operations, and some detailed end-to-end science simulations that have been implemented to evaluate the final on-sky performance after data processing. WEAVE will provide optical ground-based follow up of ground-based (LOFAR) and space-based (Gaia) surveys. WEAVE is a multi-object and multi-IFU facility utilizing a new 2-degree prime focus field of view at the WHT, with a buffered pick-and-place positioner system hosting 1000 multi-object (MOS) fibres, 20 mini integral field units, or a single large IFU for each observation. The fibres are fed to a single (dual-beam) spectrograph, with total of 16k spectral pixels, located within the WHT GHRIL enclosure on the telescope Nasmyth platform, supporting observations at R~5000 over the full 370-1000nm wavelength range in a single exposure, or a high resolution mode with limited coverage in each arm at R~20000.
WEAVE的集成和早期测试:威廉·赫歇尔望远镜的下一代光谱设备
我们介绍了威廉·赫歇尔望远镜(WHT)的WEAVE下一代光谱设施的整体集成进展,现在计划在2021年初首次点亮,几乎所有组件现在都已经到达天文台。我们还简要介绍了5年调查操作初始阶段的当前规划,以及一些已经实施的详细的端到端科学模拟,以评估数据处理后的最终天空性能。WEAVE将提供地基(LOFAR)和天基(Gaia)勘测的光学地基跟踪。WEAVE是一种多目标和多IFU设施,利用WHT上新的2度主焦视野,具有缓冲拾取定位系统,可容纳1000个多目标(MOS)光纤,20个微型集成现场单元,或单个大型IFU用于每次观测。光纤被馈送到一个单(双光束)光谱仪,总共16k光谱像素,位于望远镜Nasmyth平台上的WHT GHRIL外壳内,支持单次曝光在整个370-1000nm波长范围内的R~5000波段的观测,或者在R~20000波段的高分辨率模式下,每个臂的有限覆盖。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
自引率
0.00%
发文量
0
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信