The GlobalJetWatch spectrographs: a fibre-fed spectrograph for small telescopes

Fraser J. Clarke; Andrew J. Gosling; Sam Doolin; Paul Goodall; Sebastian Perez; Paul Pattinson; Rick Makin; Katherine M. Blundell

doi:10.1117/12.789236

11 July 2008 The GlobalJetWatch spectrographs: a fibre-fed spectrograph for small telescopes

Fraser J. Clarke, Andrew J. Gosling, Sam Doolin, Paul Goodall, Sebastian Perez, Paul Pattinson, Rick Makin, Katherine M. Blundell

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Proceedings Volume 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II; 70145A (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789236
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

The GlobalJetWatch project (www.globaljetwatch.net) will place small (0.5-metre) commerical telescopes in four schools around the world. Each telescope will be equipped with a custom designed spectrograph, currently being built by the Astrophysics sub-department of the University of Oxford. The scientific goal of the project is to provide continual monitoring of a rosetta stone object, the micro-quasar SS433. In addition, the project has a significant out-reach element, aiming to involve school children on four-continents in front-line astronomical research. The spectrograph is a fibre-fed fixed format cross-dispersed echellete design providing R~6000 spectra from 4300-8500 in a single exposure. The spectrograph is built almost entirely from off-the-shelf components. The four GlobalJetWatch sites (Australia, India, South Africa, Chile) will be commissioned in 2008/09. Here we present the baseline design of the spectrograph, and initial results from the prototype on-sky commissioning in Oxford.

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Fraser J. Clarke, Andrew J. Gosling, Sam Doolin, Paul Goodall, Sebastian Perez, Paul Pattinson, Rick Makin, and Katherine M. Blundell "The GlobalJetWatch spectrographs: a fibre-fed spectrograph for small telescopes", Proc. SPIE 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, 70145A (11 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789236

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