4MOST: the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope Project at the start of commissioning

Roelof S. de Jong; Olga Bellido-Tirado; Joar G. Brynnel; Aida Ezzati Amini; Steffen Frey; Christine Füßlein; Domenico Giannone; Diana Johl; Silke Kuba; Ulrike Lemke; Genoveva Micheva; Allar Saviauk; Matthias Steinmetz; Jakob C. Walcher; Roland Winkler; Karin Lind; Jonathan Loveday; Vincenzo Mainieri; Jean-François Pirard; Wolfgang Gaessler; Florence Laurent; Andrea Merloni; Ramón Navarro; Alban Remillieux; Florian Rothmaier; Scott Smedley; Nicholas Walton

doi:10.1117/12.3018339

19 July 2024 4MOST: the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope Project at the start of commissioning

Roelof S. de Jong, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Joar G. Brynnel, Aida Ezzati Amini, Steffen Frey, Christine Füßlein, Domenico Giannone, Diana Johl, Silke Kuba, Ulrike Lemke, Genoveva Micheva, Allar Saviauk, Matthias Steinmetz, Jakob C. Walcher, Roland Winkler, Karin Lind, Jonathan Loveday, Vincenzo Mainieri, Jean-François Pirard, Wolfgang Gaessler, Florence Laurent, Andrea Merloni, Ramón Navarro, Alban Remillieux, Florian Rothmaier, Scott Smedley, Nicholas Walton

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Proceedings Volume 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X; 130960J (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018339
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

4MOST is a new high-multiplex, wide-field spectroscopic survey facility under construction for ESO's 4m-VISTA telescope at Paranal, Chile. Its key specifications are: a large field of view of 4.4 square degrees, a high multiplex fibre positioner based on the tilting spine principle positioning 2436 science fibres, 1624 fibres going to two low-resolution spectrographs (R = λ/Δλ ~ 6500), and 812 fibres transferring light to the high-resolution spectrograph (R ~ 20,000). The instrument is entirely completed and is being shipped to Paranal Observatory, Chile in the first few months of 2024. Commissioning will take place summer 2024 with full operations expected to start early 2025. An overview will be given of instrument capabilities, the planned, and the unique operational scheme of 4MOST.

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Roelof S. de Jong, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Joar G. Brynnel, Aida Ezzati Amini, Steffen Frey, Christine Füßlein, Domenico Giannone, Diana Johl, Silke Kuba, Ulrike Lemke, Genoveva Micheva, Allar Saviauk, Matthias Steinmetz, Jakob C. Walcher, Roland Winkler, Karin Lind, Jonathan Loveday, Vincenzo Mainieri, Jean-François Pirard, Wolfgang Gaessler, Florence Laurent, Andrea Merloni, Ramón Navarro, Alban Remillieux, Florian Rothmaier, Scott Smedley, and Nicholas Walton "4MOST: the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope Project at the start of commissioning", Proc. SPIE 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 130960J (19 July 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018339

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