Hector: A high-multiplex survey instrument for spatially-resolved galaxy spectroscopy

• Main Authors: Lawrence, J, Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Bryant, J., Brzeski, Jurek, Colless, Matthew, Croom, Scott M, Gers, L, Gilbert, James, Gillingham, Peter, Heijmans, Jeroen, Horton, A J, Miziarski, Stan, Ireland, Michael
• Other Authors: Ian S. McLean, Suzanne K. Ramsay, Hideki Takami
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 2015
• Subjects: Hector; sami
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/67215

First light from the SAMI (Sydney-AAO Multi-object IFS) instrument at the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) has recently proven the viability of fibre hexabundles for multi-IFU spectroscopy. SAMI, which comprises 13 hexabundle IFUs deployable over a 1 degree field-of-view, has recently begun science...