Status of Elmer: a multipurpose instrument for the GTC 10-m telescope

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

doi:10.1117/12.550074

30 September 2004 Status of Elmer: a multipurpose instrument for the GTC 10-m telescope

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

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Proceedings Volume 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550074
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

ELMER is an instrument for the GTC designed to observe between 365 and 1000 nm. The observing modes for the instrument at Day One shall be: Imaging, Long Slit and Mask-Multi-object Spectroscopy, Slit-less multi-object spectroscopy, Fast Photometry and Fast short-slit spectroscopy, over a FOV of 4.2 arcmin diameter. Spectral resolutions of 250, 1000 and 2500, covering the whole spectral range, will be available. ELMER has been designed and managed within the GTC Project Office. ELMER is currently in the final stage of testing previous to be shipped to the Observatory. The general description of this instrument and its expected scientific performance are summarised.

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Maria Luisa Garcia-Vargas, Peter L. Hammersley, Ernesto Sanchez-Blanco, Ralf Kohley, Juan Manuel Martin Fleitas, Lluis Cavaller-Marques, Manuel Maldonado Medina, and Rafael Vilela "Status of Elmer: a multipurpose instrument for the GTC 10-m telescope", Proc. SPIE 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, (30 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550074

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