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Phase I - Spectroscopic Instrument of the 2.3m Telescope "ARISTARCHOS"

ATS - Aristarchos Transient Spectrometer
CCD Sensor AP47p, back-illuminated, thermo-cooled
CCD Format 1024x1024, 13µm thinned Tektronix array
Gratings 1200/mm (R and B) and 600/mm
Resolutions 2.5Å and 6Å
Installation AGU's side-port
Range 4270Å - 7730Å
PI Prof. John Meaburn, University of Manchester, UK
Collaborator University of Patras, Greece
ATS being tested in Oct 2003
in the Laboratory at Manchester University.



Mounting flange including
f/ratio converter
Optical layout by J. Meaburn
ATS in laboratory
The interior of ATS
 
 
First Light Instrument
1k*1k CCD
Phase I Instruments
4k*4k ECC
ATS
Phase II Instruments
MES
ULTRACAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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