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Instrumentation

Echelle Spectrograph

A high-resolution spectrograph that uses a coarse, steeply-ruled grating (an échelle) to spread light into many overlapping orders, then a second disperser to separate them — packing very high spectral resolution onto a single detector. The workhorse of precision radial-velocity and stellar-abundance work; HIRES is a classic example.

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  • ESOEuropean Southern Observatory

    Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).