First lab results of the WEAVE fibre positioner system

WEAVE is the new wide-field spectroscopy facility for the prime focus of the William Herschel Telescope on La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is a multi-object “pick-and-place” fibre-fed spectrograph with a 960 fibre multiplex behind a new dedicated 2° prime focus corrector. We provide an upd...

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Main Authors: Schallig, E, Lewis, I, Dalton, G, Brock, M, Terrett, D, Abrams, D, Middleton, K, Bishop, G, Aguerri, J, Bonifacio, P, Licea, E, Trager, S, Vallenari, A
Format: Conference item
Published: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers 2018