Status of Elmer: an instrument for the GTC 10-m telescope (Gran Telescopio CANARIAS)

Maria-Luisa Garcia-Vargas; Ernesto Sanchez-Blanco; Luis Cavaller-Marques; Juan Manuel Martin-Fleitas; Ralf Kohley; Manuel Medina-Maldonado; Peter L. Hammersley

doi:10.1117/12.460779

7 March 2003 Status of Elmer: an instrument for the GTC 10-m telescope

Maria-Luisa Garcia-Vargas, Ernesto Sanchez-Blanco, Luis Cavaller-Marques, Juan Manuel Martin-Fleitas, Ralf Kohley, Manuel Medina-Maldonado, Peter L. Hammersley

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Proceedings Volume 4841, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460779
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

Elmer is an imager and spectrograph in the visible wavelength range for the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS, GTC. Elmer is being managed directly by the GTC Project Office, who has done the whole Preliminary Design and large part of the Detailed Design. This instrument shall operate at the telescope on Day One, as a back up in case of delays of the major instruments, guaranteeing the scientific return of the GTC. A brief presentation of the instrument is here given. The expected scientific performance of the instrument is summarized. Finally, the general description of the management strategy and project parameters are described.

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Maria-Luisa Garcia-Vargas, Ernesto Sanchez-Blanco, Luis Cavaller-Marques, Juan Manuel Martin-Fleitas, Ralf Kohley, Manuel Medina-Maldonado, and Peter L. Hammersley "Status of Elmer: an instrument for the GTC 10-m telescope", Proc. SPIE 4841, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes, (7 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460779

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