Using raytracing to derive the expected performance of STELLA's SES-VIS spectrograph

no code implementations • 15 Dec 2020 • Michael Weber, Klaus Strassmeier, Manfred Woche, Ilya Ilyin, Arto Järvinen

The visual STELLA echelle spectrograph (SES-VIS) is a new instrument for the STELLA-II telescope at the Iza\~na observatory on Tenerife.

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Second generation spectroscopic instrumentation for the STELLA robotic observatory

no code implementations • 15 Dec 2020 • Michael Weber, Manfred Woche, Klaus G. Strassmeier, Ilya Ilyin, Arto Järvinen

The current STELLA Echelle spectrograph (SES), which records 390nm to 870nm in one shot at a spectral resolution of 55000, will be replaced by a suite of specialized spectrographs in three spectral bands.

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics