VIMOS commissioning on VLT-Melipal
Abstract
The wide-field survey instrument VIMOS is now being commissioned at the VLT. In each of the three operational modes (imaging, multi-slit spectroscopy and integral-field spectroscopy), VIMOS offers an unprecedented field of view. In multi-slit spectroscopy mode, several hundred spectra can be recorded simultaneously, while in integral-field mode, 6400 spectra are recorded in a field 54×54 arcsec2. It is expected that VIMOS guest observations will start in April 2003.
- Publication:
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The Messenger
- Pub Date:
- September 2002
- Bibcode:
- 2002Msngr.109...21L
- Keywords:
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- Visible Multi-Object Spectrograph;
- VLT