MOONS: The Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph

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Authors
  • M. Cirasuolo
  • J. Afonso
  • R. Bender
  • P. Bonifacio
  • C. Evans
  • L. Kaper
  • E. Oliva
  • L. Vanzi
Publication date 2011
Journal The Messenger
Volume | Issue number 145
Pages (from-to) 11-13
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract MOONS (Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph) is a large field (500 square arcminutes), multi-object (500 object + 500 sky fibres) instrument with spectral resolution of 5000 and 20000 proposed for the VLT Nasmyth focus. The science case for MOONS, covering Galactic structure and galaxy evolution up to the epoch
of re-ionisation, is briefly outlined.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at http://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.145-sep11/messenger-no145-11-13.pdf
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