The VIMOS upgrade programme

Peter Hammersley; Hans Dekker; Fernando Selman; Paul Bristow; Pierre Bourget; Roland Brast; Roberto Castillo; Mark Downing; Cesar Enrique Garcia-Dabo; Nicholas Haddad; Michael Hilker; Carlo Izzo; Jean-Louis Lizon; Christian Lucuix; Vincenzo Mainieri; Steffen Mieske; Dan Popovic; Claudio Reinero; Marina Rejkuba; Chester Rojas; Ruben Sanchez-Janssen; Alain Smette; Josefina Urrutia Del Rio; Javier Valenzuela; Burkhard Wolff

doi:10.1117/12.925132

24 September 2012 The VIMOS upgrade programme

Peter Hammersley, Hans Dekker, Fernando Selman, Paul Bristow, Pierre Bourget, Roland Brast, Roberto Castillo, Mark Downing, Cesar Enrique Garcia-Dabo, Nicholas Haddad, Michael Hilker, Carlo Izzo, Jean-Louis Lizon, Christian Lucuix, Vincenzo Mainieri, Steffen Mieske, Dan Popovic, Claudio Reinero, Marina Rejkuba, Chester Rojas, Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, Alain Smette, Josefina Urrutia Del Rio, Javier Valenzuela, Burkhard Wolff

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Proceedings Volume 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV; 84465M (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925132
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The high multiplex advantage of VIMOS, the VLT visible imager and multi-object/integral-field spectrometer, makes it a powerful instrument for large-scale spectroscopic surveys of faint sources. Following community input and recommendations by ESO's Science and Technology Committee, in 2009 it was decided to upgrade the instrument. This included installing an active flexure compensation system and replacing the detectors with CCDs that have a far better red sensitivity and less fringing. Significant changes have also been made to the hardware, maintenance and operational procedures of the instrument with the aim of improving availability and productivity. Improvements have also been made to the data reduction pipeline. The upgrade will end in 2012 and the results of the program will be presented here.

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Peter Hammersley, Hans Dekker, Fernando Selman, Paul Bristow, Pierre Bourget, Roland Brast, Roberto Castillo, Mark Downing, Cesar Enrique Garcia-Dabo, Nicholas Haddad, Michael Hilker, Carlo Izzo, Jean-Louis Lizon, Christian Lucuix, Vincenzo Mainieri, Steffen Mieske, Dan Popovic, Claudio Reinero, Marina Rejkuba, Chester Rojas, Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, Alain Smette, Josefina Urrutia Del Rio, Javier Valenzuela, and Burkhard Wolff "The VIMOS upgrade programme", Proc. SPIE 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, 84465M (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925132

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