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FOCAS: The faint object camera and spectrograph for the Subaru telescope

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Volume 54, No. 6, Year 2002

The Faint Object Camera and Spectrograph (FOCAS) is a Cassegrain optical instrument for the Subaru Telescope. Its capabilities include 6′φ FOV direct imaging, low-resolution spectroscopy (R = 250-2000 with 0″.4 slitwidth), multi-slit spectroscopy and polarimetry. We describe the overall design of FOCAS, its observing functions, and the performance verification procedures that have been carried out.

Kashikawa, Nobunari
1. Japan, Mitaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
2. Japan, Hayama The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
Aoki, Kentaro
1. Japan, Mitaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Kawabata, Koji S.
1. Japan, Mitaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Okita, Ki'ichi
1. Japan, Mitaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Saito, Yoshihiko
1. Japan, Tokyo The University of Tokyo
Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro
1. Japan, Mitaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Yoshida, Michitoshi
1. Japan, Mitaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

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