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Paper: The Decaspec - A fiber optics manipulator for multi-object spectroscopy
Volume: 3, Fiber Optics in Astronomy
Page: 170
Authors: Fabricant, Daniel G.
Abstract: This paper describes the design principles of the Decaspec, a motorized optical-fiber manipulator intended to reroute light from the focal plane of the McGraw-Hill 2.4 m telescope to the long-slit Mark III spectrograph, using 0.5-m-long fibers running between the focal plane and the spectrograph slit. The Decaspec will be used in a collaborative redshift survey undertaken by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Dartmouth College. A diagram of the Decaspec mounted on the telescope is presented.
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