Dr
Ignasi Ribas
(Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai (CSIC) & IEEC)
10/9/18, 10:30 AM
1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian telescopes
Invited Review
I will review current and future plans for instrumentation of 4-m telescopes. The focus of the talk will be on those instruments relevant to stellar astrophysics and exoplanet science and, particularly, on high-resolution spectroscopy. I will describe the experience of CARMENES and similar instruments and put it in the context of transiting exoplanet searches from space such as the TESS and...
Dr
Anna Pasquali
(Astronomisches Rechen-Institut)
10/9/18, 11:40 AM
1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian telescopes
Invited Review
The goal of my presentation is to give a panoramic view of imaging/spectroscopic surveys conducted at 4m-class telescopes during recent years. Special emphasis and discussion are given to the results obtained by extragalactic surveys on galaxy
evolution.
Dr
Amitesh Omar
(ARIES)
10/9/18, 12:20 PM
1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian telescopes
Invited Review
The 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) is being utilised with a 4Kx4K vis-CCD (IMAGER) and a near-infrared array (TIRCAM) in imaging mode, and a Faint Object Spectrograph & Camera (FOSC)-type instrument (in commissioning stage) in spectroscopy+imaging mode using a 4Kx4K vis-CCD camera. This talk will summarise the global performance of some instruments used with the DOT.
Prof.
Anamparambu Ramaprakash
(IUCAA)
10/9/18, 2:30 PM
1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian telescopes
Invited Review
A number of instruments have been or are being built for the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope. These include the Imager, ADFOSC, TANSPEC, DOTIFS, etc. This invited talk will provide a review of these instruments covering their capabilities, current status and main science drivers. The talk will also mention some ideas for future instrumentation that were discussed in various forums.
Prof.
Hans Van Winckel
(KU Leuven)
10/9/18, 3:10 PM
1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian telescopes
Invited Review
In this contribution I will review our approach to exploiting a small but flexible 1.2-m Mercator telescope. Its specific niche in observational astrophysics needs both a instrument development programme, a continuous technical development programme and an optimised operational model. I will review the 'lessons learned' from our exploitation of the high-resolution HERMES spectrograph mounted...
Dr
Gert Raskin
(KU Leuven)
10/9/18, 3:50 PM
1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian telescopes
Contributed Talk
After nearly ten years of successful operations, HERMES, the fibre-fed high-resolution spectrograph of the Mercator telescope is currently being upgraded. We are equipping it with a new optical fibre link and a new wavelength calibration system is under development. Three measures will increase the radial-velocity (RV) performance of the fibre link. The use of octagonal instead of circular...
Dr
Jeewan Pandey
(Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences)
10/9/18, 4:30 PM
1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian telescopes
Invited Review
A high resolution spectrograph for recently installed 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) of the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) is envisaged as a key instrument to meet the spectroscopic requirements of the telescope. A committee of national and international experts recommended the key science program that can be taken up with the proposed instrument as...
Dr
Gilles Orban de Xivry
(University of Liège)
10/10/18, 9:30 AM
1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian telescopes
Contributed Talk
Adaptive optics (AO), by compensating in real time the blurring due to atmospheric turbulence, improves the angular resolution and the sensitivity of ground-based telescopes. AO represents an opportunity for medium size telescopes to be competitive with respect to large and very large observatories, either by being highly automatized and allowing high-yield surveys to be undertaken, or by...