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On-sky commissioning and technical performance of Proto-NUX at Pic du Midi
Rasjied Sloot, Rudy Wijnands, Steven Bloemen +3
The Near-Ultraviolet eXplorer (NUX) is a proposed ground-based observing facility designed to expand near-ultraviolet (NUV) astronomy by enabling observations in the 300--350 nm ra…
The Near-Ultraviolet eXplorer (NUX): a ground-based wide-field near-UV telescope to search for near-UV transients
Rudy Wijnands, Steven Bloemen, Rasjied Sloot +5
We present the Near-Ultraviolet eXplorer (NUX), which will consist out of 4 small (36 cm diameter) ground-based telescopes that are optimized for the shortest wavelengths that are…
The BlackGEM telescope array I: Overview
Paul J. Groot, S. Bloemen, P. Vreeswijk +75
The main science aim of the BlackGEM array is to detect optical counterparts to gravitational wave mergers. Additionally, the array will perform a set of synoptic surveys to detect…
HARPS3 for a Roboticized Isaac Newton Telescope
Samantha J. Thompson, Didier Queloz, Isabelle Baraffe +25
We present a description of a new instrument development, HARPS3, planned to be installed on an upgraded and roboticized Isaac Newton Telescope by end-2018. HARPS3 will be a high r…
An overview of the mid-infrared spectro-interferometer MATISSE: science, concept, and current status
A. Matter, B. Lopez, P. Antonelli +104
MATISSE is the second-generation mid-infrared spectrograph and imager for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at Paranal. This new interferometric instrument will allow…
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…
X-shooter, the new wide band intermediate resolution spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescope
Joel Vernet, H. Dekker, S. D'Odorico +87
X-shooter is the first 2nd generation instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope(VLT). It is a very efficient, single-target, intermediate-resolution spectrograph that was installe…