Bibcode
Sobeck, J.; Majewski, S.; Hearty, F.; Schiavon, R. P.; Holtzman, J. A.; Johnson, J.; Frinchaboy, P. M.; Skrutskie, M. F.; Munoz, R.; Pinsonneault, M. H.; Nidever, D. L.; Zasowski, G.; Garcia Perez, A.; Fabbian, D.; Meza Cofre, A.; Cunha, K. M.; Smith, V. V.; Chiappini, C.; Beers, T. C.; Steinmetz, M.; Anders, F.; Bizyaev, D.; Roman, A.; Fleming, S. W.; Crane, J. D.; The SDSS-IV/APOGEE-2 Collaboration
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #223, #440.06
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Description
The second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution
Experiment (APOGEE-2), a part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV
(SDSS-IV), will commence operations in 2014. APOGEE-2 represents a
significant expansion over APOGEE-1, not only in the size of the stellar
sample, but also in the coverage of the sky through observations in both
the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Observations on the 2.5m Sloan
Foundation Telescope of the Apache Point Observatory (APOGEE-2N) will
continue immediately after the conclusion of APOGEE-1, to be followed by
observations with the 2.5m du Pont Telescope of the Las Campanas
Observatory (APOGEE-2S) within three years. Over the six-year lifetime
of the project, high resolution (R∼22,500), high signal-to-noise
(≥100) spectroscopic data in the H-band wavelength regime (1.51-1.69
μm) will be obtained for several hundred thousand stars, more than
tripling the total APOGEE-1 sample. Accurate radial velocities and
detailed chemical compositions will be generated for target stars in the
main Galactic components (bulge, disk, and halo), open/globular
clusters, and satellite dwarf galaxies. The spectroscopic follow-up
program of Kepler targets with the APOGEE-2N instrument will be
continued and expanded. APOGEE-2 will significantly extend and enhance
the APOGEE-1 legacy of scientific contributions to understanding the
origin and evolution of the elements, the assembly and formation history
of galaxies like the Milky Way, and fundamental stellar astrophysics.