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The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer Book 2018
Alexis Hill, Nicolas Flagey, Alan McConnachie +122
(Abridged) This is the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer 2018 book. It is intended as a concise reference guide to all aspects of the scientific and technical design of MSE, for the…
Sphinx: a massively multiplexed fiber positioner for MSE
Scott Smedley, Gabriella Baker, Rebecca Brown +6
In this paper we present the Australian Astronomical Observatory's concept design for Sphinx - a fiber positioned with 4332 spines on a 7.77mm pitch for CFHT's Mauna Kea Spectrosco…
Veloce Rosso: Australia's new precision radial velocity spectrograph
James Gilbert, Christoph Bergmann, Gabe Bloxham +24
Veloce is an ultra-stable fibre-fed R4 echelle spectrograph for the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope. The first channel to be commissioned, Veloce 'Rosso', utilises multiple low-co…
Starbug fibre positioning robots: performance and reliability enhancements
David M. Brown, Scott Case, James Gilbert +9
Starbugs are miniature piezoelectric walking robots that can be operated in parallel to position many payloads like optical fibers across a telescopes focal plane. They consist of…