It has deployable feeds that can provide simultaneous spectra for each pixel across the images of up to 24 faint galaxies selected within the VLT field of view.
RAL Space Involvement
Spectrograph optical design and manufacture, integration and test of 3 cryogenic cameras.
Main Objective
To study internal dynamics of high-redshift galaxies
Subject
Astronomy
Commissioned
December 2012
Partners
University of Durham, University of Oxford, UKATC, ESO, University of Munich, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
Further Project Information
ESO
