Final design and performance of the Fully Automatic Spectrograph for Transient (FAST)

José A. Araiza-Durán; Giuliano Pignata; Anna Brucalassi

doi:10.1117/12.2562659

13 December 2020 Final design and performance of the Fully Automatic Spectrograph for Transient (FAST)

José A. Araiza-Durán, Giuliano Pignata, Anna Brucalassi

Proceedings Volume 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; 114475R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562659
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

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The Fully Automatic Spectrograph for Transient (FAST) is an instrument under development which is going to be installed in the PROMPT-7 a 100% robotic telescope with an excellent guiding accuracy. FAST is a low resolution spectrograph (R = 60 and 600 at 6500Å) covering the 3800Å to 9200Å wavelength range that includes an imaging mode. The instrument is expected to help the astronomical community to obtain the first spectrum of the transient, without human intervention, in a few minutes after its discovery. In this work we present a description of the instrument: the spectrographs principal parameters the instrument’s design. It also discussed the current state of the project and challenges that we have encounter.

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José A. Araiza-Durán, Giuliano Pignata, and Anna Brucalassi "Final design and performance of the Fully Automatic Spectrograph for Transient (FAST)", Proc. SPIE 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 114475R (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562659

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