The K-band multi-object spectrograph, or KMOS for short, is an instrument mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Antu (UT1) at the Paranal Observatory in...
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including the KMOS (K-band multi-object spectrograph) and the VIMOS (Visible Multi Object Spectrograph) instruments, have multi-object spectroscopic capabilities...
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or KMOS. KMOS KMOS (K-band Multi Object Spectrograph) is a cryogenic near-infrared multi-object spectrometer, observing 24 objects simultaneously, intended...
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Optical spectrometer (redirect from Spectrograph)
An optical spectrometer (spectrophotometer, spectrograph or spectroscope) is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion...
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(2014-07-08). "Performance of the K-band multi-object spectrograph (KMOS) on the ESO VLT". In Ramsay, Suzanne K.; McLean, Ian S.; Takami, Hideki (eds...
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NIRSpec (redirect from NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph))
instrument is a multi-object spectrograph and is capable of simultaneously measuring the near-infrared spectrum of up to 100 objects like stars or galaxies...
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The Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) is a scientific instrument for infrared astronomy, installed on the Hubble Space Telescope...
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Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS; 1997–present, hibernating since 2008) Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS; 1997–present...
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Messier 87 (redirect from Messier Object 87)
corrective-optics module in the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993, the Hubble Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) was used to measure the rotation velocity of the ionized gas...
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spectra, or other observations of objects that share a common type or feature. Surveys are often restricted to one band of the electromagnetic spectrum...
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light was obtained on the Kecks I telescope on April 4, 2012. A multi-object spectrograph wide-field camera for the near-infrared (0.97 to 2.41 μm), its...
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PDS 70 (category K-type stars)
PDS 70 c, was discovered in 2019 using the VLT's MUSE integral field spectrograph. The planet orbits its host star at a distance of 34.3 AU (5.13 billion...
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L dwarf (section Planetary-mass objects and exoplanets)
An object with the spectral type L (also called L-dwarf) can be either a low-mass star, a brown dwarf or a young free-floating planetary-mass object. If...
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of celestial objects in deep space. GMT-Consortium Large Earth Finder (G-CLEF) – an optical-band echelle spectrograph GMT Multi-object Astronomical and...
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List of astronomy acronyms (section K)
scheduled for launch in 2025 WFMOS – (instrumentation) Wide-Field Multi-Object Spectrograph, proposed instrument for the Gemini telescopes WFPC – (instrumentation)...
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from one optical table to another. One mode is a spectrograph mode, using the TRIPPEL spectrograph. The other mode is an imaging mode, where the beam...
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each band of the spectrum that is captured. If the scanner detects a large number of fairly narrow frequency bands, it is possible to identify objects even...
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Observatory. The multi-object mode relies on a complex micro-shutter mechanism to allow for simultaneous observations of hundreds of individual objects anywhere...
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Observational astronomy (section Spectrograph)
astronomy is the observation of the instant one celestial object occults or eclipses another. Multi-chord asteroid occultation observations measure the profile...
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32 K (−241.2 °C; −402.1 °F) and 37 K (−236.2 °C; −393.1 °F). The Focal Plane Electronics operate at 290 K. NIRCam should be able to observe objects as...
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60-inch telescope currently[when?] hosts the SED Machine integral field spectrograph instrument used as part of ZTF transient followup and classification...
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Andromeda Galaxy (redirect from Messier Object 31)
Walker at the Lick Observatory, using the 120-inch telescope, coudé Spectrograph, and Lallemand electronographic camera. They estimated the mass of the...
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slit and multi-object slit-masks. Mounted at Cassegrain focus. WEAVE WHT Enhanced Area Velocity Explorer - a multi-object optical spectrograph, which uses...
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Brown dwarf (category Substellar objects)
self-luminous objects by spectral type, a distinction intimately tied to the surface temperature, and brown dwarfs occupy types M (2100–3500 K), L (1300–2100 K),...
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T dwarf (section Planetary-mass objects and exoplanets)
Survey in 2000. These objects show weaker CH4 absorption than previously discovered T-dwarfs. CH4 appears first in the K-band in L8 dwarfs and L- and...
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Glossary of astronomy (redirect from Coudé spectrograph)
equinoxes primary The main physical body of a gravitationally bound, multi-object system. The primary constitutes most of the system's mass and is generally...
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Luhman 16 (category Astronomical objects discovered in 2013)
Its discovery image in the i-band was taken on the night of 23 February 2013 with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) at the Gemini South telescope...
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time; from the 1990s, the development of fibre-optic spectrographs and multi-slit spectrographs enabled spectra for several hundred galaxies to be observed...
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simultaneously imaged by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). The rationale behind...
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flight hardware was built by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) An infrared spectrometer with four sub-modules which operate at...
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