The Manchester Echelle Spectrometer at the San Pedro Mártir Observatory (MES-SPM)
The performance of the second version of the Manchester Echelle spectrometeris described when combined with the San Pedro Martir, 2.1 m telescope. Thesimplicity but effectiveness of the optical design is explained as a consequence of thespectrometers dedication to a narrow range of astrophysical pr...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2003 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UNAM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:57139204 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57139204 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas INSTRUMENTATION: SPECTROGRAPHS |
| Sumario: | The performance of the second version of the Manchester Echelle spectrometeris described when combined with the San Pedro Martir, 2.1 m telescope. Thesimplicity but effectiveness of the optical design is explained as a consequence of thespectrometers dedication to a narrow range of astrophysical problems i.e., wherespatially resolved line profiles are required from faint, extended sources at highsignal-to-noise ratios.The improvement in operational efficiency is demonstrated as a consequenceof the recent (2000) upgrade of the control system.Finally, comparisons are made with the performance of competitive steppedFabry-Perot interferometers on similar problems. The complementarity of spectrometersof different types is emphasized. |
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