TAIPAN fibre feed and spectrograph : engineering overview

N.F. Staszak, J. Lawrence, R. Zhelem, R. Content, V. Churilov, S. Case, R. Brown, A.M. Hopkins, K. Kuehn, N. Pai, U. Klauser, V. Nichani, L. Waller

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Abstract

TAIPAN will conduct a stellar and galaxy survey of the Southern sky. The TAIPAN positioner is being developed as a prototype for the MANIFEST instrument on the GMT. The TAIPAN Spectrograph is an AAO designed all-refractive 2- arm design that delivers a spectral resolution of R>2000 over the wavelength range 370-870 nm. It is fed by a custom fibre cable from the TAIPAN Starbugs positioner. The design for TAIPAN incorporates 150 optical fibres (with an upgrade path to 300). Presented is an engineering overview of the UKST Fibre Cable design used to support Starbugs, the custom slit design, and the overall design and build plan for the TAIPAN Spectrograph.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II
EditorsRamon Navarro, James H. Burge
Place of PublicationU.S.
PublisherSPIE
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9781510602045
ISBN (Print)9781510602038
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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