TAIPAN: optical spectroscopy with StarBugs | Zendy

K. Kuehn | Zendy; Jon Lawrence | Zendy; David M. Brown | Zendy; Scott W. Case | Zendy; Matthew Colless | Zendy; Robert Content | Zendy; Luke Gers | Zendy; James Gilbert | Zendy; Michael Goodwin | Zendy; Andrew Hopkins | Zendy; Michael Ireland | Zendy; Nuria P. F. Lorente | Zendy; Rolf Müller | Zendy; Vijay Nichani | Zendy; Azizi Rakman | Zendy; Samuel Richards | Zendy; Will Saunders | Zendy; Nick Staszak | Zendy; Julia Tims | Zendy; Lewis Waller | Zendy

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TAIPAN: optical spectroscopy with StarBugs

Author(s) -

K. Kuehn,

Jon Lawrence,

David M. Brown,

Scott W. Case,

Matthew Colless,

Robert Content,

Luke Gers,

James Gilbert,

Michael Goodwin,

Andrew Hopkins,

Michael Ireland,

Nuria P. F. Lorente,

Rolf Müller,

Vijay Nichani,

Azizi Rakman,

Samuel Richards,

Will Saunders,

Nick Staszak,

Julia Tims,

Lewis Waller

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1996-756X

pISSN - 0277-786X

DOI - 10.1117/12.2055677

Subject(s) - observatory , telescope , sky , remote sensing , schmidt camera , astronomy , computer science , optics , physics , geography

TAIPAN is a spectroscopic instrument designed for the UK Schmidt Telescope at the Australian Astronomical Observatory. In addition to undertaking the TAIPAN survey, it will serve as a prototype for the MANIFEST fibre positioner system for the future Giant Magellan Telescope. The design for TAIPAN incorporates up to 300 optical fibres situated within independently-controlled robotic positioners known as Starbugs, allowing precise parallel positioning of every fibre, thus significantly reducing instrument configuration time and increasing observing time. We describe the design of the TAIPAN instrument system, as well as the science that will be accomplished by the TAIPAN survey. We also highlight results from the on-sky tests performed in May 2014 with Starbugs on the UK Schmidt Telescope and briefly introduce the role that Starbugs will play in MANIFEST.

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