Rising MOONS: An Update on the VLT's next Multi-Object Spectrograph as It Begins to Grow

Rising MOONS: An Update on the VLT's next Multi-Object Spectrograph as It Begins to Grow. Taylor, W, Cirasuolo, M, Afonso, J, Carollo, M, Evans, C, Flores, H, Maiolino, R, Paltani, S, Vanzi, L, Abreu, M, Amans, J., Atkinson, D, Barrett, J, Beard, S, Béchet, C, Black, M, Boettger, D, Brierley, S, Buscher, D, Cabral, A, Cochrane, W, Coelho, J, Colling, M, Conzelmann, R, Dalessio, F, Dauvin, L, Davidson, G, Drass, H, Dünner, R, Fairley, A, Fasola, G, Ferruzzi, D, Fisher, M, Flores, M, Garilli, B, Gaudemard, J, Gonzalez, O, Guinouard, I, Gutierrez, P, Hammersley, P, Haigron, R, Haniff, C, Hayati, M, Ives, D, Iwert, O, Laporte, P, Lee, D, Li Causi, G, Luco, Y, MacLeod, A, Mainieri, V, Maire, C, Melse, B., Nix, J, Oliva, E, Oliveira, A, Origlia, L, Parry, I, Pedichini, F, Piazzesi, R, Rees, P, Reix, F, Rodrigues, M, Rojas, F, Rota, S, Royer, F, Santos, P, Schnell, R, Shen, T., Sordet, M, Strachan, J, Sun, X, Tait, G, Torres, M, Tozzi, A, Tulloch, S, Navarro, Á., Von Dran, L, Waring, C, Watson, S, Woodward, B, & Yang, Y In Proc. SPIE, volume 10702, January, 2018.
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After completion of its final-design review last year, it is full steam ahead for the construction of the MOONS instrument - the next generation multi-object spectrograph for the VLT. This remarkable instrument will combine for the first time: the 8 m collecting power of the VLT, 1000 optical fibres with individual robotic positioners and both medium- and high-resolution spectral coverage acreoss the wavelength range 0.65$μ$m - 1.8 $μ$m. Such a facility will allow a veritable host of Galactic, Extragalactic and Cosmological questions to be addressed. In this paper we will report on the current status of the instrument, details of the early testing of key components and the major milestones towards its delivery to the telescope.

@inproceedings{taylor2018risinggrow,
  title = {Rising {{MOONS}}: {{An}} Update on the {{VLT}}'s next Multi-Object Spectrograph as It Begins to Grow},
  booktitle = {Proc. {{SPIE}}},
  author = {Taylor, W and Cirasuolo, M and Afonso, J and Carollo, M and Evans, C and Flores, H and Maiolino, R and Paltani, S and Vanzi, L and Abreu, M and Amans, JP and Atkinson, D and Barrett, J and Beard, S and B{\'e}chet, C and Black, M and Boettger, D and Brierley, S and Buscher, D and Cabral, A and Cochrane, W and Coelho, J and Colling, M and Conzelmann, R and Dalessio, F and Dauvin, L and Davidson, G and Drass, H and D{\"u}nner, R and Fairley, A and Fasola, G and Ferruzzi, D and Fisher, M and Flores, M and Garilli, B and Gaudemard, J and Gonzalez, O and Guinouard, I and Gutierrez, P and Hammersley, P and Haigron, R and Haniff, C and Hayati, M and Ives, D and Iwert, O and Laporte, P and Lee, D and Li Causi, G and Luco, Y and MacLeod, A and Mainieri, V and Maire, C and Melse, BT and Nix, J and Oliva, E and Oliveira, A and Origlia, L and Parry, I and Pedichini, F and Piazzesi, R and Rees, P and Reix, F and Rodrigues, M and Rojas, F and Rota, S and Royer, F and Santos, P and Schnell, R and Shen, TC and Sordet, M and Strachan, J and Sun, X and Tait, G and Torres, M and Tozzi, A and Tulloch, S and Navarro, {\'A}V and Von Dran, L and Waring, C and Watson, S and Woodward, B and Yang, Y},
  year = {2018},
  month = jan,
  volume = {10702},
  issn = {0277-786X},
  doi = {10.1117/12.2313403},
  abstract = {After completion of its final-design review last year, it is full steam ahead for the construction of the MOONS instrument - the next generation multi-object spectrograph for the VLT. This remarkable instrument will combine for the first time: the 8 m collecting power of the VLT, 1000 optical fibres with individual robotic positioners and both medium- and high-resolution spectral coverage acreoss the wavelength range 0.65{$\mu$}m - 1.8 {$\mu$}m. Such a facility will allow a veritable host of Galactic, Extragalactic and Cosmological questions to be addressed. In this paper we will report on the current status of the instrument, details of the early testing of key components and the major milestones towards its delivery to the telescope.},
  copyright = {All rights reserved},
  eissn = {1996-756X},
  isbn = {978-1-5106-1957-9},
  publicationstatus = {published},
  keywords = {dfbpub,non-refereed}
}

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