Raw image from a KMOS detector

Eso_kmos_cc_1024

eso_kmos_cc August 6th, 2014

Credit: ESO

On the tip of each of KMOS’ 24 arms, a small optical device splits the image in 14 slices of 14 pixels each. These slices are aligned on the entrance of one of the 3 spectrograph, which disperses the light in wavelength, forming spectra of each of the original pixels, as seen on this raw image from one of the three detectors in K-MOS. A software pipeline process these images, and re-organize all the spectra in such way that the astronomer can analyze the full spectra of the 24 independent objects on which the arms were positioned.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/kmos_cc/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Very Large Telescope
Subject - General
Technology > Observatory > Instrument
Eso_kmos_cc_1280
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ID
kmos_cc
Subject Category
E.8.1.3  
Subject Name
Very Large Telescope
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2014-08-06T04:41:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/kmos_cc/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
20.0000000
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2048.0, 2048.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
kmos_cc
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/kmos_cc.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:22:42.021531
Metadata Version
1.1
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