A High-resolution Spectrograph at a Metre-class Telescope at Devasthal: What Can Be Gained?
Karan Dsilva,
Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Université Libre de Bruxelles. Correspondence to: karan.singh.dsilva@ulb.be
Abstract
The Indo-Belgian bilateral project titled “Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy and Astrophysics (BINA)” is an excellent initiative to spark scientific collaboration between Belgian and Indian astronomers. The Belgian university, KU Leuven, owns and operates the semi-robotic Mercator telescope - a 1.2m telescope stationed at the Roque de los Muchachos observatory on the island of La Palma. This telescope is equipped with the High-Efficiency and high-Resolution Mercator Echelle Spectrograph (HERMES). This contribution aims to discuss a long-standing idea - what would BINA, and by extension the entire Indian astronomical community, gain with the addition of a similar 1-m class telescope with a high-resolution spectrograph in Devasthal.
Keywords : Techniques: spectroscopy, telescopes, instrumentation: spectrographs
Pour citer cet article
Karan Dsilva, «A High-resolution Spectrograph at a Metre-class Telescope at Devasthal: What Can Be Gained?», Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [En ligne], Volume 93 - Année 2024, No 2 - Proceeedings of the 3rd BINA Workshop on the Scientific Potential of the Indo-Belgian Cooperation, 56-67 URL : https://popups.uliege.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=11597.