Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 110, No. 752 (October 1998), pp. 1205-1215 (11 pages) ABSTRACT We describe a concept for an imaging spectrograph for a large orbiting ...

ABSTRACT We present the design, construction, and performance of TRISPEC (Triple Range Imager and Spectrograph), a simultaneous optical and near‐infrared imager, spectrograph, and polarimeter. This ...

The main function of a telescope spectrograph is to separate light into its component colours (or wavelengths) to reveal information about the chemical content, temperature and motion of distant ...

The new observing instrument VIRUS-W, built by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and the University Observatory Munich, Germany, saw “first light” November 10, 2010, on McDonald ...

The international collaboration developing the Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) has marked a significant testing milestone by successfully taking spectra of targeted stars. The PFS will be mounted on ...

It's been something of a rough month for the Hubble Space Telescope. Toward the end of October, NASA detected that Hubble's science instruments had lost synchronization and automatically entered safe ...

Subaru Telescope’s advanced Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) has been given a new Hawaiian name, ʻŌnohiʻula. This name ...

NASA scientists are eager to get to grips with a new toy for observing the heavens, the Echelon-Cross-Echelle Spectrograph (EXES). Mounted on a heavily-customized Boeing 747, the spectrograph has ...

Princeton Instruments is pleased to announce the availability of the new IsoPlane® 160 imaging spectrograph. The IsoPlane 160 brings the award-winning performance of Princeton Instruments’ IsoPlane ...

The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has made valuable observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which in July became the ...

The Nearby Supernova Factory, an international collaboration of astronomers and astrophysicists, has announced that SNIFS, the Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph, achieved “first light” during the ...