Hector - a new massively multiplexed IFS instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope

• Main Authors: Bryant, Julia J., Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Lawrence, Jon, Croom, Scott, Brown, David, Venkatesan, Sudharshan, Gillingham, Peter R., Zhelem, Ross, Content, Robert, Saunders, Will, Staszak, Nicholas F., van de Sande, Jesse, Couch, Warrick, Leon-Saval, Sergio, Tims, Julia, McDermid, Richard, Schaefer, Adam
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2016
• Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM; FOS Physical sciences; Hector; sami
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1608.03921; https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.03921

Hector will be the new massively-multiplexed integral field spectroscopy (IFS) instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) in Australia and the next main dark-time instrument for the observatory. Based on the success of the SAMI instrument, which is undertaking a 3400-galaxy survey, the inte...