Bibcode
Arribas, Santiago; Carter, D.; Cavaller, Luis; del Burgo, C.; Edwards, R.; Fuentes, F. Javier; Garcia, Adolfo A.; Herreros, J. M.; Jones, Lewis R.; Mediavilla, E.; Pi, M.; Pollacco, D.; Rasilla, Jose L.; Rees, P. C.; Sosa, Nicolas A.
Bibliographical reference
Proc. SPIE Vol. 3355, p. 821-827, Optical Astronomical Instrumentation, Sandro D'Odorico; Ed.
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1998
Citations
87
Refereed citations
72
Description
INTEGRAL is an optical fiber unit for performing 2D spectroscopy of
extended objects at the 4.2 m. William Herschel Telescope (WHT). It is
mounted at the GHRIL Nasmyth focus together with newly built
acquisition, guiding, and calibration units. It makes use of the
specially designed fiber spectrograph WYFFOS. This system allows up to
six bundles to be mounted simultaneously. It currently contains three
science oriented fiber bundles, any one of which can be easily and
quickly placed in the telescope beam. Their spatial resolution elements
(fiber core diameters) are 0'.45, 0'.9, and 2'.7, respectively. Hence,
depending on the prevailing seeing conditions the instrument can be
easily optimized for the scientific program. INTEGRAL was successfully
commissioned at the WHT during a six night period in July 1997. Here we
will discuss its main characteristics.