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Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy ASTR 3010 Lecture 17 Textbook Ch. 11
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Atmospheric Differential Refraction
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Slit orientation to horizon If the slit is not oriented perpendicular to the horizon, there will be a severe slit loss More seriously, the spectral shape will be systematically distorted!
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Longslit spectrscopy Simplest. Simplest. Used a lot in the past. Used a lot in the past. Long time to make a 2D map. Long time to make a 2D map.
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Keck ESI IFU : Image slicing… Keck ESI IFU : Image slicing…
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GMOS IFU Fiber fed spectrograph Fiber fed spectrograph
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Multi-slit Spectrograph GMOS (Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph) GMOS (Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph) mask slit (hundreds possible) + grating mask slit (hundreds possible) + grating
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multi-Object Spectrgraph 6dF (6 degree Field) : Anglo Australian Observatory (on 4m or 1m UKST) 6dF (6 degree Field) : Anglo Australian Observatory (on 4m or 1m UKST) fibre based. About 150 objects can be observed spectroscopically in a single shot. fibre based. About 150 objects can be observed spectroscopically in a single shot.
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6dF Fibre positioning in action (takes about 30 min to configure).
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6dF 2dF at the Prime focus of 4m AAT telescope.
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IFU science Keplerian rotating Keplerian rotating young disk young disk
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IFY science : beating the sky Night sky OH line emissions Night sky OH line emissions
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Speckle Suppresion GPI: R~45 IFU GPI: R~45 IFU
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In summary… Important Concepts Slit orientation 2D spectroscopy o Multi-object spectrograph o Integral Field Spectrograph Important Terms Chapter/sections covered in this lecture : Ch 11
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