MEGARA: the future optical IFU and multi-object spectrograph for the 10.4m GTC telescope

A. Gil de Paz; E. Carrasco; J. Gallego; F. M. Sánchez; J. M. Vílchez Medina; M. L. García-Vargas; X. Arrillaga; M. A. Carrera; A. Castillo-Morales; E. Castillo-Domínguez; R. Cedazo; C. Eliche-Moral; D. Ferrusca; E. González-Guardia; M. Maldonado; R. A. Marino; I. Martínez-Delgado; I. Morales Durán; E. Mújica; S. Pascual; A. Pérez-Calpena; A. Sánchez-Penim; E. Sánchez-Blanco; F. Serena; S. Tulloch; V. Villar; J. Zamorano; D. Barrado y Naváscues; E. Bertone; N. Cardiel; A. Cava; J. Cenarro; M. Chávez; M. García; J. Guichard; R. Gúzman; A. Herrero; N. Huélamo; D. Hughes; J. Iglesias; J. Jiménez-Vicente; A. L. Aguerri; D. Mayya; J. M. Abreu; M. Mollá; C. Muñoz-Tuñón; S. Peimbert; M. Peimbert; P. G. Pérez-González; E. Pérez Montero; M. Rodríguez; J. M. Rodríguez-Espinosa; L. Rodríguez-Merino; D. Rosa; J. Sánchez-Almeida; C. Sánchez Contreras; Patricia Sánchez-Blázquez; S. Sánchez; A. Sarajedini; S. Silich; S. Simón; G. Tenorio-Tagle; E. Terlevich; R. Terlevich; I. Trujillo; Y. Tsamis; O. Vega

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24 September 2012 MEGARA: the future optical IFU and multi-object spectrograph for the 10.4m GTC telescope

A. Gil de Paz, E. Carrasco , J. Gallego , F. M. Sánchez , J. M. Vílchez Medina, M. L. García-Vargas, X. Arrillaga, M. A. Carrera, A. Castillo-Morales, E. Castillo-Domínguez, R. Cedazo, C. Eliche-Moral, D. Ferrusca, E. González-Guardia, M. Maldonado, R. A. Marino, I. Martínez-Delgado, I. Morales Durán, E. Mújica, S. Pascual, A. Pérez-Calpena, A. Sánchez-Penim, E. Sánchez-Blanco, F. Serena, S. Tulloch, V. Villar, J. Zamorano , D. Barrado y Naváscues, E. Bertone, N. Cardiel, A. Cava, J. Cenarro, M. Chávez, M. García, J. Guichard, R. Gúzman, A. Herrero, N. Huélamo, D. Hughes, J. Iglesias, J. Jiménez-Vicente, A. L. Aguerri, D. Mayya, J. M. Abreu, M. Mollá, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, S. Peimbert, M. Peimbert, P. G. Pérez-González, E. Pérez Montero, M. Rodríguez, J. M. Rodríguez-Espinosa, L. Rodríguez-Merino, D. Rosa, J. Sánchez-Almeida, C. Sánchez Contreras, Patricia Sánchez-Blázquez, S. Sánchez, A. Sarajedini, S. Silich, S. Simón, G. Tenorio-Tagle, E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, I. Trujillo, Y. Tsamis, O. Vega

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Proceedings Volume 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV; 84464Q (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925739
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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In these proceedings we give a summary of the characteristics and current status of the MEGARA instrument, the future optical IFU and MOS for the 10.4-m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). MEGARA is being built by a Consortium of public research institutions led by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM, Spain) that also includes INAOE (Mexico), IAA-CSIC (Spain) and UPM (Spain). The MEGARA IFU includes two different fiber bundles, one called LCB (Large Compact Bundle) with a field-of-view of 12.5×11.3 arcsec² and a spaxel size of 0.62 arcsec yielding spectral resolutions between R=6,800-17,000 and another one called SCB (Small Compact Bundle) covering 8.5×6.7 arcsec² with hexagonally-shaped and packed 0.42-arcsec spaxels and resolutions R=8,000-20,000. The MOS component allows observing up to 100 targets in 3.5×3.5 arcmin². Both the IFU bundles and the set of 100 robotic positioners of the MOS will be placed at one of the GTC Folded-Cass foci while the spectrographs (one in the case of the MEGARA-Basic concept) will be placed at the Nasmyth platform. On March 2012 MEGARA passed the Preliminary Design Review and its first light is expected to take place at the end of 2015.

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A. Gil de Paz, E. Carrasco , J. Gallego , F. M. Sánchez , J. M. Vílchez Medina, M. L. García-Vargas, X. Arrillaga, M. A. Carrera, A. Castillo-Morales, E. Castillo-Domínguez, R. Cedazo, C. Eliche-Moral, D. Ferrusca, E. González-Guardia, M. Maldonado, R. A. Marino, I. Martínez-Delgado, I. Morales Durán, E. Mújica, S. Pascual, A. Pérez-Calpena, A. Sánchez-Penim, E. Sánchez-Blanco, F. Serena, S. Tulloch, V. Villar, J. Zamorano , D. Barrado y Naváscues, E. Bertone, N. Cardiel, A. Cava, J. Cenarro, M. Chávez, M. García, J. Guichard, R. Gúzman, A. Herrero, N. Huélamo, D. Hughes, J. Iglesias, J. Jiménez-Vicente, A. L. Aguerri, D. Mayya, J. M. Abreu, M. Mollá, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, S. Peimbert, M. Peimbert, P. G. Pérez-González, E. Pérez Montero, M. Rodríguez, J. M. Rodríguez-Espinosa, L. Rodríguez-Merino, D. Rosa, J. Sánchez-Almeida, C. Sánchez Contreras, Patricia Sánchez-Blázquez, S. Sánchez, A. Sarajedini, S. Silich, S. Simón, G. Tenorio-Tagle, E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, I. Trujillo, Y. Tsamis, and O. Vega "MEGARA: the future optical IFU and multi-object spectrograph for the 10.4m GTC telescope", Proc. SPIE 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, 84464Q (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925739

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