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OATS-DAUT SEMINAR
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Speaker:
Paolo Di Marcantonio (INAF/OATS, Italy)
Title:
The Commissioning of X-shooter: a New Spectrograph @ VLT
Date: Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Time: 12:00
Venue: Villa Bazzoni
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Abstract:
Starting from October 2009 a new ESO/VLT instrument will be offered to
the astronomical community worldwide: the X-shooter spectrograph. It
is the first second generation VLT instrument, built as a
collaborative effort of several European Institutes (with INAF-OATs
playing a prominent role) and ESO. The main features of X-shooter are
the high efficiency and the unique capability to cover in one "shot" a
very broad spectral range, from U to K bands, making the instrument
appealing for cutting-edge science. The present talk will report on
the commissioning periods just held in Paranal and on the efforts
spent to meet all the foreseen stringent requirements.
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