The SCORPIO Universal Focal Reducer of the 6-m Telescope
Abstract
We describe the SCORPIO focal reducer that has been used since the fall of 2000 for observations on the 6-m Special Astrophysical Observatory telescope. We give parameters of the instrument in various observing modes (direct imaging, long-slit and multislit spectroscopy, spectropolarimetry, Fabry-Perot panoramic spectroscopy). Observations of various astronomical objects are used as examples to demonstrate the SCORPIO capabilities.
- Publication:
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Astronomy Letters
- Pub Date:
- March 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1134/1.1883351
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0502095
- Bibcode:
- 2005AstL...31..194A
- Keywords:
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- astronomical observing techniques - devices and instruments;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, 7 figs, accepted to Astronomy Letters, 2005