First lab results of the WEAVE fibre positioner system by 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

“…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. …”

Developments in fibre positioning technology for the WEAVE instrument for the William Herschel Telescope by Schallig, E, Lewis, I, Gilbert, J, Dalton, G, Brock, M, Abrams, D, Middleton, K, Aguerri, J, Bonifacio, P, Carrasco, E, Trager, S, Vallenari, A

“…WEAVE is the next-generation wide-field optical spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) on La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is a multi-object "pick-and-place" fibre-fed spectrograph with a 1000 fibre multiplex behind a new dedicated 2° prime focus corrector. …”

The WEAVE prime focus Correction: from design to integration by Tomás, A, Canchado, M, Casalta, J, Dalmases, F, Maroto, O, Martín-Nuño, C, Romero, A, Aguerri, J, Harreros, J, Delgado, J, Burgal, J, Abrams, D, Dee, K, Lhomé, E, Dalton, G, Middleton, K, Bonifacio, P, Trager, S, Vallenari, A, Carrasco, E

“…WEAVE is a new wide-field multi-object spectroscopy (MOS) facility proposed for the prime focus of the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope (WHT), situated on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. To allow for the compensation of the effects of temperature-induced and gravity-induced image degradation, the WEAVE prime focus assembly will be translated along the telescope optical axis. …”

Fibre positioning algorithms for the WEAVE spectrograph by Terrett, D, Lewis, I, Dalton, G, Abrams, D, Aguerri, J, Bonifacio, P, Middleton, K, Trager, S

“…WEAVE is the next-generation wide-field optical spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It is a multi-object «pick and place» fibre fed spectrograph with more than one thousand fibres, similar in concept to the Australian Astronomical Observatory's 2dF1 instrument with two observing plates, one of which is observing the sky while other is being reconfigured by a robotic fibre positioner. …”

The polishing of WEAVE spectrograph collimator mirror by Izazaga, R, Carrasco, E, Hidalgo, A, Dalton, G, Trager, S, Aguerri, J, Bonifacion, P, Vallenari, A, Abrams, D, Middleton, K

“…It is located at the Observatorio Roque de los Muchachos, in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. WEAVE fiber-fed spectrograph offers two resolutions, R ~ 5000 and 20,000. …”

The WEAVE focus translation system: from design to construction by Canchado, M, Romero, A, Maroto, O, Tomàs, A, Martin-Nuño, C, Casalta, J, Prida, J, Aguerri, J, Herreros, J, Delgado, J, Burgal, J, Abrams, D, Dee, K, Dalton, G, Bonfacio, P, Trager, S, Vallenari, A

“…<p>WEAVE is a new wide-field spectroscopy facility proposed for the prime focus of the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope (WHT), placed in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.</p> <br/> <p>To allow for the compensation of the effects of temperature-induced and gravity-induced image degradation, the WEAVE prime focus assembly will be translated along the telescope optical axis. …”