The SAURON project. I. The panoramic integral-field spectrograph

Details The SAURON project. I. The panoramic integral-field spectrograph The SAURON project. I. The panoramic integral-field spectrograph

2001-03-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0103451v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 326 (2001) 23

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 13 figures. accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04612.x

A new integral-field spectrograph, SAURON, is described. It is based on the Tiger principle, and uses a lenslet array. SAURON has a large field of view and high throughput, and allows simultaneous sky subtraction. Its design is optimized for studies of the stellar kinematics, gas kinematics, and line-strength distributions of nearby early-type galaxies. The instrument design and specifications are described, as well as the extensive analysis software which was developed to obtain fully calibrated spectra, and the associated kinematic and line-strength measurements. A companion paper reports on the first results obtained with SAURON on the William Herschel Telescope.

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