Construction progress of 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; Antonella Vallenari; Kevin Middleton; Chris Benn; Kevin Dee; Frédéric Sayède; Ian Lewis; Johannes Pragt; Sergio Picó; Nicholas Walton; Jeurg Rey; Carlos Allende Prieto; Émilie Lhomé; David Terrett; Matthew Brock; James Gilbert; Andy Ridings; Marc Verheijen; Ian Tosh; Iain Steele; Remko Stuik; Gabby Kroes; Neils Tromp; Jan Kragt; Dirk Lesman; Chris Mottram; Stuart Bates; Frank Gribbin; José Alonso Burgal; Jose Miguel Herreros; Jose Miguel Delgado; Carlos Martin; Diego Cano; Ramón Navarro; Mike Irwin; James Lewis; Eduardo Gonzales Solares; Neil O'Mahony; Andrea Bianco; Christina Zurita; Rik ter Horst; Emilio Molinari; Marcello Lodi; José Guerra; Andrea Baruffolo; Esperanza Carrasco; Szigfrid Farkas; Ellen Schallig; Vanessa Hill; Dan Smith; Janet Drew; Bianca Poggianti; Mat Pieri; Shoko Jin; Lilian Dominquez Palmero; Cecilia Fariña; Adrian Martin; Clare Worley; David Murphy; Andrea Hidalgo; Shan Mignot; Georgia Bishop; Steve Guest; Eddy Elswijk; Menno de Haan; Hiddo Hanenburg; Bernardo Salasnich; Divakara Mayya; Rafael Izazaga-Pérez; Luis Peralta de Arriba

doi:10.1117/12.2312031

Conference Papers Year : 2018

Construction progress of WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

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Gavin Dalton

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Scott Trager

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Don Carlos Abrams

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Piercarlo Bonifacio

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Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation

J. Alfonso L. Aguerri

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Antonella Vallenari

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Kevin Middleton

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Chris Benn

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Kevin Dee

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Frédéric Sayède

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Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation

Ian Lewis

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Johannes Pragt

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Sergio Picó

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Nicholas Walton

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Jeurg Rey

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Carlos Allende Prieto

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Émilie Lhomé

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David Terrett

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Matthew Brock

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James Gilbert

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Andy Ridings

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Marc Verheijen

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Ian Tosh

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Iain Steele

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Remko Stuik

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Gabby Kroes

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Neils Tromp

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Jan Kragt

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Dirk Lesman

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Chris Mottram

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Stuart Bates

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Frank Gribbin

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José Alonso Burgal

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Jose Miguel Herreros

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Jose Miguel Delgado

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Carlos Martin

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Diego Cano

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Ramón Navarro

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Mike Irwin

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James Lewis

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Eduardo Gonzales Solares

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Neil O'Mahony

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Andrea Bianco

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Christina Zurita

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Rik ter Horst

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Emilio Molinari

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Marcello Lodi

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José Guerra

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Andrea Baruffolo

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Esperanza Carrasco

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Szigfrid Farkas

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Ellen Schallig

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Vanessa Hill

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Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur

Dan Smith

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Janet Drew

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Bianca Poggianti

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Mat Pieri

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Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

Shoko Jin

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Lilian Dominquez Palmero

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Cecilia Fariña

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Adrian Martin

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Clare Worley

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David Murphy

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Andrea Hidalgo

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Shan Mignot

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Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation

Georgia Bishop

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Steve Guest

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Eddy Elswijk

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Menno de Haan

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Hiddo Hanenburg

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Bernardo Salasnich

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Divakara Mayya

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Rafael Izazaga-Pérez

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Luis Peralta de Arriba

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Abstract

We present an update on the overall construction progress of the WEAVE next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), now that all the major fabrication contracts are in place. We also present a summary of the current planning behind the 5-year initial phase of survey operations, and some detailed end-to-end science simulations that have been effected to evaluate the final on-sky performance after data processing. WEAVE will provide optical ground-based follow up of 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 (dual-beam) spectrograph, with total of 16k spectral pixels, 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 has experienced some delays in procurement and now has first light expected for the middle of 2019.

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DOI : 10.1117/12.2312031

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Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams, Piercarlo Bonifacio, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, et al.. Construction progress of WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope. Proceedings of the SPIE, 2018, à renseigner, Unknown Region. ⟨10.1117/12.2312031⟩. ⟨obspm-04009737⟩

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