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25 April 2024

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Project overview and update on WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope
Gavin Dalton ; Scott Trager ; Don Carlos Abrams ; Piercarlo Bonifacio ; J. Alfonso L. Aguerri ; Kevin Middleton ; Chris Benn ; Kevin Dee ; Frederic Sayede ; Ian Lewis ; Johannes Pragt ; Sergio Pico ; Nic Walton ; Juerg Rey ; Carlos Allende Prieto ; Jose Penate ; Emilie Lhome ; Tibor Agocs ; Jose Alonso ; David Terrett ; Matthew Brock ; James Gilbert ; Andy Ridings ; Isabelle Guinouard ; Marc Verheijen ; Ian Tosh ; Kevin Rogers ; Iain Steele ; Remko Stuik ; Neils Tromp ; Attila Jasko ; Jan Kragt ; Dirk Lesman ; Chris Mottram ; Stuart Bates ; Frank Gribbin ; Luis Fernando Rodriguez ; Jose Miguel Delgado ; Carlos Martin ; Diego Cano ; Ramon Navarro ; Mike Irwin ; Jim Lewis ; Eduardo Gonzales Solares ; Neil O Mahony ; Andrea Bianco ; Christina Zurita ; Rik ter Horst ; Emilio Molinari ; Marcello Lodi ; Jose Guerra ; Antonella Vallenari ; Andrea Baruffolo ;
Date:	2 Dec 2014
Abstract:	We present an overview of and status report on the WEAVE next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT). WEAVE principally targets optical ground-based follow up of upcoming ground-based (LOFAR) and space-based (Gaia) surveys. WEAVE is a multi-object and multi-IFU facility utilizing a new 2-degree prime focus field of view at the WHT, with a buffered pick-and-place positioner system hosting 1000 multi-object (MOS) fibres, 20 integral field units, or a single large IFU for each observation. The fibres are fed to a single spectrograph, with a pair of 8k(spectral) x 6k (spatial) pixel cameras, located within the WHT GHRIL enclosure on the telescope Nasmyth platform, supporting observations at R~5000 over the full 370-1000nm wavelength range in a single exposure, or a high resolution mode with limited coverage in each arm at R~20000. The project is now in the final design and early procurement phase, with commissioning at the telescope expected in 2017.
Source:	arXiv, 1412.0843
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