SAAO Giraffe - Fibre Fed Echelle Spectrograph

Model:

Giraffe - Fibre Fed Echelle Spectrograph

Manufacturer:

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The Giraffe-fibre fed Echelle Spectrograph consists of two components:

The bead which is placed at the Cassegrain focus to collects light from the star and direct it into the fibre.
The spectrograph, constructed on an optical bench in the coude room, in which the light emerging from the fibre is dispersed and recorded by a CCD camera.

Category:

Other

Disciplines:

Astronomy

Location

South African Astronomical Observatory

Observatory Road

Observatory

7925

Contact Person/s

Name: Dr Ramotholo Sefako
Phone: +27 21-447-0025
Email: rrs@saao.ac.za

Funding Information

Year of Acquisition:

1994

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Central University of Technology	Rhodes University	University of Limpopo
Centre for Proteomics and Genomics Research	Sefako Makgato Health Sciences University	University of Pretoria
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	South African Astronomical Observatory	University of South Africa
Durban University of Technology	South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)	University of the Free State
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