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X-WR-CALNAME: IAC Talks: Open Astronomy Seminars
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CREATED:2023-09-07T10:30:00+01:00
X-WR-CALDESC: IAC Talks upcomming talks
SUMMARY:MOONS@VLT
DESCRIPTION:MOONS@VLT\nDr. Peter Hammersley\n\nMOONS is a 0.8 to 1.8 micron
 s multi-object         spectrometer for the Nasmyth focus of UT1 that is b
 eing built by         a consortium         led by the UK-ATC. The         
 instrument is fibre fed, has a multiplex of 1000 and covers a         tota
 l field of 25 arc minutes in diameter with a high         transmission. Th
 ere are two spectral resolving powers, ~4000         spanning the full wav
 elength range and a higher resolution mode         which gives ~9000 in th
 e I window and ~20,000 in a region in H         windows. The instrument it
 self has two main parts:\n\nThe rotating front-end           which is at t
 he focal plane and houses the fibre positioners,           acquisition sys
 tem, metrology system for the fibres, etc., and\nThe cryogenic           s
 pectrograph which houses the spectrograph optics, VPH           gratings a
 nd detectors.\n\nMOONS is now approaching completion and is due to        
  be shipped to Paranal in March 2024. This talk presents the         MOONS
  instrument, the science that it will allow, and its         current statu
 s.
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