• F. A. Musaev
  • A. V. Perkov
  • V. D. Bychkov
  • S. V. Drabek
  • V. S. Shergin
  • D. A. Sazonenko
  • D. E. Kukushkin
  • G. A. Galazutdinov
  • E. V. Emelyanov
  • G. V. Yakopov
  • T. E. Burlakova
  • J. -L. Bertaux
  • A. V. Tavrov
  • O. I. Korablev
  • M. V. Yushkin
  • A. F. Valeev
  • D. R. Gadelshin
  • K. -M. Kim
  • Inwoo Han
  • B. -Ch. Lee

We report the results of laboratory tests of the first version of the high-resolution fiber-fed spectrograph designed for the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS). During laboratory tests a spectral resolution of about 70 000 was achieved. The peak efficiency of the entire optical path of the spectrograph (without light losses at the CCD, primary mirror of the 6-m telescope, and in the atmosphere) at 620 nm and with the equivalent slit widths of the 1 ''.5 and 0 ''.75 are equal to 8% and 4%, respectively. The resolving powerR= 70 000 and 100 000 can be reached with the sky aperture 0 ''.75 and 0 ''.4 respectively. In the current version of the spectrograph these regimes of operation are implemented by mechanic aperturing of the slit. A dedicated projecting camera has been developed and is currently manufactured to operate with a collimated 200-mm diameter beam, which will make it possible to increase the spectral resolution up to 100 000. A two-beam image slicer will be used to maintain the luminous efficiency of the instrument at least at the 6% level.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)191-197
Number of pages7
JournalAstrophysical Bulletin
Volume75
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2020

    Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation

    Research areas

  • techniques, photometry, spectroscopy, polarimetry, FED ECHELLE-SPECTROGRAPH, CHEMICALLY PECULIAR, MAGNETIC-FIELDS, CP STARS, techniques: spectroscopy, techniques: polarimetry, techniques: photometry

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