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4MOST: Project overview and information for the First Call for Proposals
R. S. de Jong, O. Agertz, A. Agudo Berbel +335
We introduce the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST), a new high-multiplex, wide-field spectroscopic survey facility under development for the four-metre-class Vis…
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…
Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE): Implementing systems engineering methodology for the development of a new facility
Kei Szeto, Alexis Hill, Nicolas Flagey +6
Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer will be a 10-m class highly multiplexed survey telescope, including a segmented primary mirror and robotic fiber positioners at the prime focus. MSE…
Hector - a new massively multiplexed IFS instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope
Julia J. Bryant, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jon Lawrence +14
Hector will be the new massively-multiplexed integral field spectroscopy (IFS) instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) in Australia and the next main dark-time instrume…
Optical designs for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer Telescope
Will Saunders, Peter Gillingham
Optical designs are presented for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) telescope. The adopted baseline design is a prime focus telescope with a segmented primary of 11.25m ape…