ESO Wide Field Spectrometers, Present and Future

Authors
Dr.
Peter Hammersley
Date and time
23 Oct 2012 - 12:30 Europe/London
Address

Aula

Talk language
English
Slides language
English
Serie number
1
Description

The visible survey spectrometers, VIMOS and FLAMES, have need in successful operation for nearly a decade. and within the next few weeks these will be joined by KMOS and near IR mulit-IFU spectrometer. There are also two new instruments in their early design stages, MOONS a near IR Fibre fed spectrometer and 4MOST a visible fibre fed spectrometer. This talk will present these instruments and the observing opportunity that these will provide.