Abstract
MANIFEST is a multi-object fibre facility for the Giant Magellan Telescope that uses 'Starbug' robots to accurately position fibre units across the telescope's focal plane. MANIFEST, when coupled to the telescope's planned seeinglimited instruments, offers access to larger fields of view; higher multiplex gains; versatile focal plane reformatting of the focal plane via integral-field-units; image-slicers; and in some cases higher spatial and spectral resolution. The TAIPAN instrument on the UK Schmidt Telescope is now close to science verification which will demonstrate the feasibility of the Starbug concept. We are now moving into the conceptual development phase for MANIFEST, with a focus on developing interfaces for the telescope and for the instruments.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII |
Editors | Christopher J. Evans, Luc Simard, Hideki Takami |
Place of Publication | Bellingham, Washington |
Publisher | SPIE |
Pages | 1-11 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510619586 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781510619579 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 13 Jul 2018 |
Event | Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII 2018 - Austin, United States Duration: 10 Jun 2018 → 14 Jun 2018 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of SPIE |
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Volume | 10702 |
ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1996-756X |
Conference
Conference | Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII 2018 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Austin |
Period | 10/06/18 → 14/06/18 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright 2018 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.Keywords
- fibre positioner
- fibre positioning systems
- fibre robots
- GMT
- Starbugs