HORuS - High Optical Resolution Spectrograph

Optical bench
Start year
2010
End year
2019
Organizational Unit
INSTRUMENTATION DIVISION
Organizing institutions
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

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Description

The High Optical Resolution  Spectrograph (HORuS) is a high-resolution spectrograph in operation at the 10-m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) based on components from UES. HORuS is a cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph to observe in the range 380-800 nm with a FWHM resolving power of about 25,000. 

HORuS is being actively used for research in the chemical composition of stars and planets.

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HORuS está siendo utilizando principalmente para investigar las composiciones químicas de estrellas y planetas.

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Type
Instrumentation
State
Closed
HORuS web site
GTC HORuS web site
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Exoplanetary Systems & Solar System (SEYSS)
Stellar & Interstellar Physics (FEEI)
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