Faint object 3D spectroscopy with PMAS

Martin M. Roth; Thomas Becker; Andreas Kelz; Petra Bohm

doi:10.1117/12.552003

30 September 2004 Faint object 3D spectroscopy with PMAS

Martin M. Roth, Thomas Becker, Andreas Kelz, Petra Bohm

Proceedings Volume 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552003
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

PMAS is a fiber-coupled lens array type of integral field spectrograph, which was commissioned at the Calar Alto 3.5m Telescope in May 2001. The optical layout of the instrument was chosen such as to provide a large wavelength coverage, and good transmission from 0.35 to 1 μm. One of the major objectives of the PMAS development has been to perform 3D spectrophotometry, taking advantage of the contiguous array of spatial elements over the 2-dimensional field-of-view of the integral field unit. With science results obtained during the first two years of operation, we illustrate that 3D spectroscopy is an ideal tool for faint object spectrophotometry.

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Martin M. Roth, Thomas Becker, Andreas Kelz, and Petra Bohm "Faint object 3D spectroscopy with PMAS", Proc. SPIE 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, (30 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552003

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