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most citedThe wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation

211 citations · 319 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

The WEAVE acquisition and guiding software: pattern recognition-based acquisition and multi-fibre guiding

Emanuel Gafton, Gavin B. Dalton, Don Carlos Abrams +19

We present the architecture, implementation, and on-sky validation of the fully automated acquisition and guiding system (AG) developed for the WEAVE instrument on the William Hers…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 211 cited

The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation

Shoko Jin, Scott C. Trager, Gavin B. Dalton +212

WEAVE, the new wide-field, massively multiplexed spectroscopic survey facility for the William Herschel Telescope, will see first light in late 2022. WEAVE comprises a new 2-degree…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

Calibration at elevation of the WEAVE fibre positioner

Sarah Hughes, Gavin Dalton, Kevin Dee +11

WEAVE is the new wide-field spectroscopy facility for the prime focus of the William Herschel Telescope in La Palma, Spain. Its fibre positioner is essential for the accurate place…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

Optimisation of the WEAVE target assignment algorithm

Sarah Hughes, Gavin Dalton, Daniel Smith +12

WEAVE is the new wide-field spectroscopic facility for the prime focus of the William Herschel Telescope in La Palma, Spain. Its fibre positioner is essential for the accurate plac…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 6 cited

Final assembly, metrology, and testing of the WEAVE fibre positioner

Sarah Hughes, Ellen Schallig, Ian J. Lewis +11

WEAVE is the new wide-field spectroscopy facility for the prime focus of the William Herschel Telescope at La Palma, Spain. Its fibre positioner is essential for the accurate place…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 85 cited

Project overview and update on WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams +50

We present an overview of and status report on the WEAVE next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT). WEAVE principally targets optical ground-ba…