The Cosmic Web Imager: An integral field spectrograph for the Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory: Instrument design and first results

Mateusz Matuszewski; Daphne Chang; Robert M. Crabill; D. Christopher Martin; Anna M. Moore; Patrick Morrissey; Shahinur Rahman

doi:10.1117/12.856644

The Cosmic Web Imager: An integral field spectrograph for the Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory: Instrument design and first results

Mateusz Matuszewski^*, Daphne Chang, Robert M. Crabill, D. Christopher Martin, Anna M. Moore, Patrick Morrissey, Shahinur Rahman

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We describe the Cosmic Web Imager (CWI), a UV-VIS integral eld spectrograph designed for the Hale 200'' telescope at the Palomar Observatory. CWI has been built specically for the observation of diuse radiation. The instrument eld of view is 60'' x 40'' with spectral resolving power of R5000 and seeing limited spatial resolution. It utilizes volume phase holographic gratings and is intended to cover the spectral range 3800Å to 9500Å with an instantaneous bandwidth of ∼450Å. CWI saw rst light in July 2009, and conducted its rst successful scientic observations in May 2010.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III
Edition	PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856644
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 27 Jun 2010 → 2 Jul 2010

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Number	PART 1
Volume	7735
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	27/06/10 → 2/07/10

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Matuszewski, M., Chang, D., Crabill, R. M., Martin, D. C., Moore, A. M., Morrissey, P., & Rahman, S. (2010). The Cosmic Web Imager: An integral field spectrograph for the Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory: Instrument design and first results. In Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III (PART 1 ed.). Article 77350P (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7735, No. PART 1). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856644

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The Cosmic Web Imager: An integral field spectrograph for the Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory: Instrument design and first results. / Matuszewski, Mateusz; Chang, Daphne; Crabill, Robert M. et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III. PART 1. ed. 2010. 77350P (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7735, No. PART 1).

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