Final targeting strategy for the SDSS-IV APOGEE-2S survey

FA Santana, RL Beaton, KR Covey… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
APOGEE is a high-resolution (R∼ 22,000), near-infrared, multi-epoch, spectroscopic survey
of the Milky Way. The second generation of the APOGEE project, APOGEE-2, includes an …

Final Targeting Strategy for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 North Survey

RL Beaton, RJ Oelkers, CR Hayes… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2) is a
dual-hemisphere, near-infrared (NIR), spectroscopic survey with the goal of producing a …

4MOST: the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope project at preliminary design review

RS De Jong, SC Barden… - Ground-based and …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present an overview of the 4MOST project at the Preliminary Design Review. 4MOST is
a major new wide-field, high-multiplex spectroscopic survey facility under development for …

Optical designs for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer telescope

W Saunders, PR Gillingham - Ground-based and Airborne …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Optical designs are presented for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) telescope.
The adopted baseline design is a prime focus telescope with a segmented primary of 11.25 …

The Distance to the S147 Supernova Remnant

CS Kochanek, JC Raymond… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In the absence of a parallax distance to a pulsar or a surviving binary in a supernova
remnant (SNR), distances to Galactic SNRs are generally very uncertain. However, by …

AESOP: the 4MOST fiber positioner

J Brzeski, G Baker, S Baker, R Brown… - Ground-based and …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Australian Astronomical Observatory's (AAO's) AESOP project is part of the 4 metre Multi-
Object Spectrograph Telescope (4MOST) system for the VISTA telescope. It includes the …

AESOP, the 4MOST fibre positioner: engineering principles

J Brzeski, D Adams, G Baker, S Baker… - Ground-based and …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Australian Astronomical Observatory's (AAO's) AESOP project is part of the Multi-Object
Spectrograph Telescope (4MOST) system for the VISTA telescope. It includes the 2436-fibre …

4MOST fiber feed preliminary design: prototype testing and performance

DM Haynes, A Kelz, SC Barden… - Ground-based and …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The 4MOST instrument is a multi-object-spectrograph for the ESO-VISTA telescope. The
4MOST fiber feed subsystem is composed of a fiber positioner (AESOP) holding 2436 …

Overall performance of AESOP: the 4MOST fibre positioner

J Brzeski, D Adams, G Baker, S Baker… - Ground-based and …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Australian Astronomical Observatory's (AAO's) AESOP project is part of the Multi-Object
Spectrograph Telescope (4MOST) system for the VISTA telescope. It includes the 2436-fibre …

4MOST low-resolution spectrograph: design and performances

F Laurent, J Kosmalski, D Boudon… - Ground-based and …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
4MOST, the 4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope, is an upcoming optical, fibre-fed,
MOS facility for the VISTA telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. Its main science …