SAAO Giraffe - Fibre Fed Echelle Spectrograph

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

  1. The bead which is placed at the Cassegrain focus to collects light from the star and direct it into the fibre.
  2. 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