Final design and development status of the acquisition and guiding system for SOXS
Abstract
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be the new medium resolution (R∼4500 for 100 slit), high-efficiency, wide band spectrograph for the ESO NTT at La Silla, optimized for classification and follow-up of transient events. SOXS will simultaneously cover UV-optical and NIR bands (0.35-2.00 micron) using two different arms and a pre-slit Common Path feeding system. The instrument will be also equipped by a Calibration Unit and an Acquisition Camera (AC) System. In this paper we present the final opto-mechanical design for the AC System and we describe its development status. The project is currently in manufacturing and integration phases.
- Publication:
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Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
- Pub Date:
- December 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.2561802
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2012.12682
- Bibcode:
- 2020SPIE11447E..5VB
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 8 pages, 8 figures, SPIE conference. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1809.01526