WST - Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: addressing the instrumentation challenges of a new 12m class telescope dedicated to widefield Multi-object and Integral Field Spectroscopy

David Lee; Joel D. R. Vernet; Roland Bacon; Alexandre Jeanneau; Ernesto Oliva; Anna Brucalassi; Andrea Tozzi; José A. Araiza-Durán; Andrea Bianco; Jan Kragt; Ramon Navarro; Bianca Garilli; Kjetil Dohlen; Jean-Paul Kneib; Ricardo Araujo; Maxime Rombach; Eloy Hernandez; Roelof S. de Jong; Andreas Kelz; Stephen Watson; Tom Louth; Ian Bryson; Elizabeth George; Norbert Hubin; Julia Bryant; Jon Lawrence

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WST - Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: addressing the instrumentation challenges of a new 12m class telescope dedicated to widefield Multi-object and Integral Field Spectroscopy

David Lee, Joel D. R. Vernet, Roland Bacon, Alexandre Jeanneau, Ernesto Oliva, Anna Brucalassi, Andrea Tozzi, José A. Araiza-Durán, Andrea Bianco, Jan Kragt, Ramon Navarro, Bianca Garilli, Kjetil Dohlen, Jean-Paul Kneib, Ricardo Araujo, Maxime Rombach, Eloy Hernandez, Roelof S. de Jong, Andreas Kelz, Stephen WatsonTom Louth, Ian Bryson, Elizabeth George, Norbert Hubin, Julia Bryant, Jon Lawrence

Australian Astronomical Optics

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WST - Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: We summarise the design challenges of instrumentation for a proposed 12m class Telescope that aims to provide a large (>2.5 square degree) field of view and enable simultaneous Multi-object (> 20,000 objects) and Integral Field spectroscopy (inner 3x3 arcminutes field of view), initially at visible wavelengths. For the MOS mode, instrumentation includes the fiber positioning units, fiber runs and the high (R~40,000) and low (R~3,000-4,000) resolution spectrographs. For the MUSE like Integral Field Spectrograph, this includes the relay from the Telescope Focal Plane, the multi-stage splitting and slicing and almost 150 identical spectrographs. We highlight the challenge of mass production at a credible cost and the issues of maintenance and sustainable operation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X
Editors	Julia J. Bryant, Kentaro Motohara, Joel R. Vernet
Place of Publication	Bellingham, Washington
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	130960N-1-130960N-9
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510675162
ISBN (Print)	9781510675155
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018257
Publication status	Published - 2024
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2024 - Yokohama, Japan Duration: 16 Jun 2024 → 21 Jun 2024

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	13096
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2024
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	16/06/24 → 21/06/24

Keywords

Detectors
Fibers
Instrumentation
Spectroscopy
Telescope

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Lee, D., Vernet, J. D. R., Bacon, R., Jeanneau, A., Oliva, E., Brucalassi, A., Tozzi, A., Araiza-Durán, J. A., Bianco, A., Kragt, J., Navarro, R., Garilli, B., Dohlen, K., Kneib, J.-P., Araujo, R., Rombach, M., Hernandez, E., de Jong, R. S., Kelz, A., ... Lawrence, J. (2024). WST - Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: addressing the instrumentation challenges of a new 12m class telescope dedicated to widefield Multi-object and Integral Field Spectroscopy. In J. J. Bryant, K. Motohara, & J. R. Vernet (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X (pp. 130960N-1-130960N-9). Article 130960N (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 13096). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018257

Lee, David ; Vernet, Joel D. R. ; Bacon, Roland et al. / WST - Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope : addressing the instrumentation challenges of a new 12m class telescope dedicated to widefield Multi-object and Integral Field Spectroscopy. Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X. editor / Julia J. Bryant ; Kentaro Motohara ; Joel R. Vernet. Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2024. pp. 130960N-1-130960N-9 (Proceedings of SPIE).

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Lee, D, Vernet, JDR, Bacon, R, Jeanneau, A, Oliva, E, Brucalassi, A, Tozzi, A, Araiza-Durán, JA, Bianco, A, Kragt, J, Navarro, R, Garilli, B, Dohlen, K, Kneib, J-P, Araujo, R, Rombach, M, Hernandez, E, de Jong, RS, Kelz, A, Watson, S, Louth, T, Bryson, I, George, E, Hubin, N, Bryant, J & Lawrence, J 2024, WST - Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: addressing the instrumentation challenges of a new 12m class telescope dedicated to widefield Multi-object and Integral Field Spectroscopy. in JJ Bryant, K Motohara & JR Vernet (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X., 130960N, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 13096, SPIE, Bellingham, Washington, pp. 130960N-1-130960N-9, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2024, Yokohama, Japan, 16/06/24. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018257

WST - Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: addressing the instrumentation challenges of a new 12m class telescope dedicated to widefield Multi-object and Integral Field Spectroscopy. / Lee, David; Vernet, Joel D. R.; Bacon, Roland et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X. ed. / Julia J. Bryant; Kentaro Motohara; Joel R. Vernet. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, 2024. p. 130960N-1-130960N-9 130960N (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 13096).

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