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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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