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The Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA: Finding transiting exoplanets around bright () stars
G. J. J. Talens, J. F. P. Spronck, A. -L. Lesage +4
This paper describes the design, operations, and performance of the Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA (MASCARA). Its primary goal is to find new exoplanets transiting bright stars, $4 < m_…
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…
Fiber scrambling for high-resolution spectrographs. II. A double fiber scrambler for Keck Observatory
Julien F. P. Spronck, Debra A. Fischer, Zachary Kaplan +4
We have designed a fiber scrambler as a prototype for the Keck HIRES spectrograph, using double scrambling to stabilize illumination of the spectrometer and a pupil slicer to incre…
CHIRON - A Fiber Fed Spectrometer for Precise Radial Velocities
Andrei Tokovinin, Debra A. Fischer, Marco Bonati +5
The CHIRON optical high-resolution echelle spectrometer was commissioned at the 1.5m telescope at CTIO in 2011. The instrument was designed for high throughput and stability, with…
Fiber scrambling for high-resolution spectrographs. I. Lick Observatory
Julien F. P. Spronck, Debra A. Fischer, Zachary A. Kaplan +2
In this paper, we report all results obtained with a fiber scrambler on the Hamilton spectrograph at Lick Observatory. We demonstrate an improvement in the stability of the instrum…