Bibcode
Wilson, John C.; Hearty, F.; Skrutskie, M. F.; Majewski, S. R.; Schiavon, R.; Eisenstein, D.; Gunn, J.; Gillespie, B.; Weinberg, D.; Blank, B.; Henderson, C.; Smee, S.; Barkhouser, R.; Harding, A.; Hope, S.; Fitzgerald, G.; Stolberg, T.; Arns, J.; Nelson, M.; Brunner, S.; Burton, A.; Walker, E.; Lam, C.; Maseman, P.; Barr, J.; Leger, F.; Carey, L.; MacDonald, N.; Ebelke, G.; Beland, S.; Horne, T.; Young, E.; Rieke, G.; Rieke, M.; O'Brien, T.; Crane, J.; Carr, M.; Harrison, C.; Stoll, R.; Vernieri, M.; Holtzman, J.; Nidever, D.; Shetrone, M.; Allende-Prieto, C.; Johnson, J.; Frinchaboy, P.; Zasowski, G.; Garcia Perez, A.; Bizyaev, D.; Zhao, B.
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #428.02
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Description
The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) will
observe approximately 100,000 giant stars in the Milky Way with a
dedicated fiber-fed (300 fibers from the Sloan 2.5-m telescope)
near-infrared (1.5-1.7 micron) high resolution (R 22,500) spectrograph
as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III). By observing in
the near-infrared, APOGEE can uniformly sample all Milky Way stellar
populations (bulge, thin/thick disks and halo) in the same survey to
dramatically improve our understanding of the kinematical and chemical
enrichment history of our galaxy. The instrument design includes several
innovations: a novel fiber gang connector that allows simultaneous
optical connection of 300 fibers from the instrument into swappable plug
plate cartridges, the first deployed mosaic volume phase holographic
(VPH) grating, and a very large ( 0.4-m) aperture six-element refractive
camera incorporating crystalline silicon elements to image 300 spectra
onto three HAWAII-IIRG detectors simultaneously.