The early performance and present status of the Hobby-Eberly telescope

L. W. Ramsey; M. T. Adams; T. G. Barnes; J. A. Booth; M. E. Cornell; J. R. Fowler; N. Gaffney; J. W. Glaspey; J. Good; G. J. Hill; P. W. Kelton; V. L. Krabbendam; L. Long; P. J. MacQueen; F. B. Ray; R. L. Ricklefs; J. Sage; T. A. Sebring; W. J. Spiesman; M. Steiner

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The early performance and present status of the Hobby-Eberly telescope

L. W. Ramsey, M. T. Adams, T. G. Barnes, J. A. Booth, M. E. Cornell, J. R. Fowler, N. Gaffney, J. W. Glaspey, J. Good, G. J. Hill, P. W. Kelton, V. L. Krabbendam, L. Long, P. J. MacQueen, F. B. Ray, R. L. Ricklefs, J. Sage, T. A. Sebring, W. J. Spiesman, M. Steiner

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Abstract

The Hobby-Eberly telescope (HET) is a recently completed 9-meter telescope designed to specialize in spectroscopy. It saw first light in December 1996 and during July 1997, it underwent its first end-to end testing acquiring its first spectra of target objects. We review the basic design of the HET. In addition we summarize the performance of the telescope used with a commissioning spherical aberration corrector and spectrograph, the status of science operations and plans for the implementation of the final spherical aberration corrector & facility class instruments.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	34-42
Number of pages	9
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	3352
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319287
State	Published - 1998
Event	Advanced Technology Optical/IR Telescopes VI - Kona, HI, United States Duration: Mar 23 1998 → Mar 25 1998

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Ramsey, L. W., Adams, M. T., Barnes, T. G., Booth, J. A., Cornell, M. E., Fowler, J. R., Gaffney, N., Glaspey, J. W., Good, J., Hill, G. J., Kelton, P. W., Krabbendam, V. L., Long, L., MacQueen, P. J., Ray, F. B., Ricklefs, R. L., Sage, J., Sebring, T. A., Spiesman, W. J., & Steiner, M. (1998). The early performance and present status of the Hobby-Eberly telescope. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 3352, 34-42. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319287

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