Ms. Helen M. McGregor Profile

Helen M. McGregor

at Australian Astronomical Optics Macquarie Univ

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Publications (35)

Proceedings Article | 19 July 2024 Poster

Poster

MARVEL: an update on the four-telescope dedicated radial velocity facility at the Mercator Observatory

Jacob Pember, Ioannis Argyriou, David Atkinson, Gerardo Ávila, Lee Barrett, Alexis Brandeker, Lars Buchhave, David Coutts, Wim De Meester, Joris De Ridder, Denis Defrère, Alistair Glasse, Manuel Güdel, Mariam Haidar, Kaustubh Hakim, Samuel Halverson, Joel Harman, Nicholas Jannsen, Markus Janson, Ailidh Kinney, Suzanne Kovacs, Johan Morren, Benjamin Montet, Romain Laugier, Jesus Pérez Padilla, Wim Pessemier, Benjamin Pope, Saskia Prins, Andreas Quirrenbach, Kwinten Missiaen, Don Pollacco, Gert Raskin, Maddalena Reggiani, Hugues Sana, Christian Schwab, Dries Seynaeve, Robyn Sharman, Andrew Tkachenko, Julian Stürmer, Ignasi Ribas, Alan Stokes, Giovanna Tinetti, Chris Waring, Enric Palle, Bart Vandenbussche, Hans Van Winckel, Duncan Wright, Yanjun Zhou, Rob Wittenmyer, David Adams, Jurek Brzeski, Zhemin Cai, Timothy Chin, Simon Ellis, Tony Farrell, Tobias Feger, Nirmala Kunwar, Celestina Saavedra Lacombe, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, David Robertson, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130966B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3021409

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

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MAVIS: imager and spectrograph

Simon Ellis, Ross Zhelem, Anthony Horton, Timothy Chin, Nuwanthika Fernando, Max Hewlett, Nuria Lorente, Summer Luo, Richard McDermid, Helen McGregor, David Robertson, Christian Schwab, Scott Smedley, Lew Waller, Jessica Zheng, Johan Kosmalski, Giovanni Cresci, Trevor Mendel, Andrea Bianco, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess, Dionne Haynes, Davide Greggio, Robert Content, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130961B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018606

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Tunable filters, Imaging systems, Equipment, Visible radiation, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Mirrors, Charge-coupled devices, Design

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

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FEA of the MUSE opto-mechanical model and comparison with on-site measurements

Zhemin Cai, Jessica Zheng, Michael Goodwin, David Robertson, Helen McGregor, Rémi Giroud, Johan Richard, Florence Laurent, Alexandre Jeanneau

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130966D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019430

KEYWORDS: Temperature metrology, Zemax, Channel projecting optics, Thermography, Data modeling, Finite element methods, Design, Optical simulations, Thermal stability, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

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The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: science drivers and overview of instrument design

Johan Richard, Rémi Giroud, Florence Laurent, Davor Krajnović, Alexandre Jeanneau, Roland Bacon, Manuel Abreu, Angela Adamo, Ricardo Araujo, Nicolas Bouché, Jarle Brinchmann, Zhemin Cai, Norberto Castro, Ariadna Calcines, Diane Chapuis, Adélaïde Claeyssens, Luca Cortese, Emanuele Daddi, Christopher Davison, Michael Goodwin, Robert Harris, Matthew Hayes, Mathilde Jauzac, Andreas Kelz, Jean-Paul Kneib, Audrey Lanotte, Jon Lawrence, Vianney Le Bouteillier, Rémy Le Breton, Matthew Lehnert, Angel Lopez Sanchez, Helen McGregor, Anna McLeod, Manuel Monteiro, Simon Morris, Cyrielle Opitom, Arlette Pécontal, David Robertson, Jesse van de Sande, Russel Smith, Matthias Steinmetz, Mark Swinbank, Tanya Urrutia, Anne Verhamme, Peter Weilbacher, Martin Wendt, François Wildi, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309622 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019831

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Equipment, Stars, Design, Sensors, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Kinematics, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

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Hector: performance of the new integral field spectrograph instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Julia Bryant, Sree Oh, Madusha Gunawardhana, Gabriella Quattropani, Gurashish Singh Bhatia, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, David Broderick, Rebecca Brown, Robert Content, Scott Croom, Fred Crous, Tony Farrell, Peter Gillingham, Ellen Houston, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Seong-Sik Minh, Mahesh Mohanan, Barnaby Norris, Matthew Owers, Naveen Pai, David Robertson, Will Saunders, Sam Vaughan, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Adeline Wang, Ross Zhelem, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130960D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016340

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Equipment, Telescopes, Stars, Magnetism, Astronomical imaging, Prisms, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Optical design for Subaru Nasmyth Beam Switcher

Jessica Zheng, Nick Binos, Peter Gillingham, Helen McGregor, Scott Smedley, Jon Lawrence, Takashi Hattori, Yosuke Minowa, Olivier Guyon

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121823E (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629745

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Switches, Beam splitters, Tolerancing, Wavefronts, Optical design, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Image quality, Spherical lenses

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Overall performance of AESOP: the 4MOST fibre positioner

Jurek Brzeski, David Adams, Gabriella Baker, Sufyan Baker, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Timothy Chin, Jack Coyne, Tony Farrell, Peter Gillingham, Ellen Houston, Urs Klauser, Yevgen Kripak, Nirmala Kunwar, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Wojtek Maslak, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Ellie O'brien, Will Saunders, Scott Smedley, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Lew Waller, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846M (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627900

KEYWORDS: Spine, Actuators, Fiber science, Telescopes, Tolerancing, Metrology, Galactic astronomy, Calibration, Assembly tolerances, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Development of the FOBOS focal plane positioner

David Adams, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Ellie O'Brien, Celestina Lacombe, Nuria Lorente, Michael Goodwin, Rebecca Brown, Michael Thomakos, Tayyaba Zafar, Nick MacDonald, Kyle Westfall, Kevin Bundy, Renate Kupke, Marc Kassis, Claire Poppett

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846K (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627289

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Robots, Spectroscopy, Optical fibers, Glasses, Astronomical imaging, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Design of the near infrared camera DIRAC for East Anatolia Observatory

Ross Zhelem, Robert Content, Vladimir Churilov, Yevgen Kripak, Lew Waller, Scott Case, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Mario Gonzalez, David Adams, Nick Binos, Timothy Chin, Tony Farrell, Urs Klauser, Yuriy Kondrat, Nirmala Kunwar, Jon. Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Summer Luo, Erica Mcdonald, Helen McGregor, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Minh Vuong, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Jessica Zheng, Barnaby Norris, Julia Bryant, Annino Vaccarella, Nick Herrald, James Gilbert, Cahit Yesilyaprak, Bulent Gucsav, Deniz Coker, Onur Keskin, Laurent Jolissaint

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218440 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629716

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Optical filters, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Lenses, Cryogenics, Mirrors, Image quality, Coronagraphy

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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AESOP, the 4MOST fibre positioner: engineering principles

Jurek Brzeski, Dave Adams, Gabriella Baker, Sufyan Baker, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Timothy Chin, Jack Coyne, Tony Farrell, James Gibson, Peter Gillingham, Ellen Houston, Urs Klauser, Yevgen Kripak, Nirmala Kunwar, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Wojtek Maslak, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Ellie O'brien, Will Saunders, Scott Smedley, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Lew Waller, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627903

KEYWORDS: Spine, Telescopes, Tolerancing, Assembly tolerances, Interfaces, Metrology, Kinematics, Assembly equipment, Sensors, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

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MANIFEST@GMT science overview: a multi-interface, multi-mode instrument science and simulations

Tayyaba Zafar, Jonathan Lawrence, Jessica Zheng, David Adams, Vitor Hartmann, Celestina Lacombe, Michael Goodwin, Nuria Lorente, Ellie O'Brien, Will Saunders, Helen McGregor, Lew Waller, Nirmala Kunwar, Daniel Faes, Jennifer Marshall, Darren DePoy, Alexandar Ji, Dennis Zaritsky, Casey Papovich, Steven Finkelstein, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Roderik Overzier, Kyler Kuehn, Luca Cortese, Scott Croom, Sarah Martell, Matthew Colless, Anilkumar Mailvaganam, Andrew Hopkins, Magda Arnaboldi, Céline Péroux, Christian Johnson

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218417 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628142

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Stars, Interfaces, Telescopes, Polarimetry, Kinematics, Radio astronomy, Gamma radiation, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

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MAVIS: imager and spectrograph

Ellis Simon, Anthony Horton, Christian Schwab, Timothy Chin, Robert Content, Nuwanthika Fernando, Nuria Lorente, Richard McDermid, Mahesh Mohanan, Helen McGregor, Jacob Pember, David Robertson, Scott Smedley, Will Saunders, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem, Jessica Zheng, Johan Kosmalski, Giovanni Cresci, Trevor Mendel, Andrea Bianco, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess, Dionne Haynes, Davide Greggio, François Rigaut, Alessio Zanutta

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218409 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629238

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Visible radiation, Imaging spectroscopy, Spherical lenses, Spectroscopy, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Hector spectrograph (spector): mechanical engineering overview

Mahesh Mohanan, Julia Bryant, Rebecca Brown, Scott Croom, Robert Content, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn, Ellen Houston, Urs Klauser, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Naveen Pai, David Robertson, Will Saunders, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121847P (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630617

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Collimators, Kinematics, Cameras, Mechanical engineering, Sensors, Optical alignment, Beam splitters, Tolerancing, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

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TAIPAN starbugs: commissioning and the start of science observations

Rebecca Brown, Tony Farrell, Nuwanthika Fernando, Michael Goodwin, Anthony Horton, Celestina Lacombe, Jon Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Helen McGregor, Ellie O'Brien, Lewis Waller, Tayyaba Zafar, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121840Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629109

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Metrology, Connectors, Optical fibers, Spectrographs, Astronomical spectroscopy, Mechanical positioning systems, Technology

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Spector: integration and performance of the multi-object spectrograph for the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Ross Zhelem, Julia Bryant, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Rebecca Brown, Robert Content, Scott Croom, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, Ellen Houston, Urs Klauser, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Richard Mcdermid, Helen McGregor, Mahesh Mohanan, Barnaby Norris, Naveen Pai, David Robertson, Will Saunders, Lew Waller, Adeline Wang, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218475 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629649

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Sensors, Cameras, Wavefronts, Optical alignment, Collimators, Spectral resolution, Interferometry, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Skyhopper CubeSat: a multi-band NIR telescope for precise intensity measurements

David Adams, Robert Content, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Anthony Horton, Mike Ireland, Lee Spitler, Ross Zhelem, Jochen Greiner, Sylvio Klose, Uwe Laux, Michele Trenti

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121802Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631696

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Mirrors, Telescopes, Sensors, Prisms, Lenses, Optical design, Image quality, Near infrared, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

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MAVIS: science case, imager, and spectrograph

Simon Ellis, Richard McDermid, Giovanni Cresci, Christian Schwab, Francois Rigaut, Timothy Chin, Robert Content, Anthony Horton, Mahesh Mohanan, Helen McGregor, Jacob Pember, David Robertson, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem, Stephanie Monty, Trevor Mendel, Matteo Aliverti, Guido Agapito, Simone Antoniucci, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Bianco, Marco Bonaglia, Guiseppe Bono, Jean-Claude Bouret, David Brodrick, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Jess Cranney, Gayandhi De Silva, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Thierry Fusco, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Damien Gratadour, Davide Gerggio, Marco Gullieuszik, Pierre Haguenauer, Dionne Haynes, Visa Korkiakoski, Demetrio Magrin, Laura Magrini, Luca Marafatto, Benoit Neichel, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Cedric Plantet, Elisa Portaluri, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, Bernado Salasnich, Stefan Ströbele, Elliott Thorn, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Valentina Viotto, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Alessio Zanutta, Hao Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11447, 11447A0 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561930

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Spectrographs, Visible radiation, Adaptive optics, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Image quality, V band, Spectral resolution, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

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The MANIFEST pre-concept design

J. Lawrence, S. Ben-Ami, A. Braulio, M. Colless, A. Contos, D. DePoy, D. Faes, P. Gillingham, M. Goodwin, E. Houston, K. Kuehn, C. Lacombe, N. Lorente, S. Mali, J. Marshall, H. McGregor, R. Millan-Gabet, V. Nichani, V. Neves Hartmann, E. O'Brien, C. Oliveira, H. Ortolan, P. Pires, R. Ribeiro, W. Saunders, L. Schmidt, A. Souza, A. Szentgyorgyi, L. Waller, T. Zafar, J. Zheng

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144728 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563238

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Field spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Optical fibers, Glasses, Robots, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

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Optical interface study of MANIFEST to GMACS and GCLEF instruments

Jessica Zheng, Sagi Ben-Ami, Daniel Faes, Celestina Lacombe, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Ellie O'Brien, Luke Schmidt, Tayyaba Zafar, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114472Q (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561896

KEYWORDS: Interfaces, Telescopes, Robotics

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

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Starbugs field-allocation simulations for FOBOS

Michael Goodwin, David Adams, Kevin Bundy, Renate Kupke, Celestina Lacombe, Jon Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Nick MacDonald, Helen McGregor, Ellie O’Brien, Claire Poppett, Lew Waller, Kyle Westfall, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114477Y (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560885

KEYWORDS: Device simulation, Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Detection and tracking algorithms, Robotics, Optical fibers, Fiber optics, Spectrographs, Target detection, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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Systems engineering applied to ELT instrumentation: MANIFEST pre-conceptual design case

Vitor Hartmann, Priscila Pires, D. M. Faes, Rafael Ribeiro, C. M. Oliveira, Celestina Lacombe, Tayyaba Zafar, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Jessica Zheng, Michael Goodwin

Proceedings Volume 11450, 1145015 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576148

KEYWORDS: Systems engineering, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Visible radiation, Robotics, Robotic systems, Optical resolution, Observatories, Interfaces, Fiber optics

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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Hector: a new multi-object integral field spectrograph instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Julia Bryant, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jon Lawrence, Barnaby Norris, Seong-Sik Min, Rebecca Brown, Adeline Wang, Gurashish Singh Bhatia, Will Saunders, Robert Content, Ross Zhelem, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Mahesh Mohanan, Peter Gillingham, Robert Patterson, David Robertson, Naveen Pai, Helen McGregor, Jessica Zheng, Sam Vaughan, Caroline Foster, Sergio Leon-Saval, Scott Croom

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144715 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560309

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Galactic astronomy, Telescopes, Iterated function systems, Robotics, Environmental sensing, Stars, Spectral resolution, Kinematics, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

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MAVIS conceptual design

François Rigaut, Richard McDermid, Giovanni Cresci, Valentina Viotto, Simon Ellis, David Brodrick, Guido Agapito, Thierry Fusco, Benoit Neichel, Pierre Haguenauer, Cedric Plantet, Bernardo Salasnich, Matteo Aliverti, Simone Antoniucci, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Blanco, Marco Bonaglia, Giuseppe Bono, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Robert Content, Jesse Cranney, Gayandhi de Silva, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Dionne Haynes, Anthony Horton, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Damien Gratadour, Davide Greggio, Marco Gullieuszik, Visa Korkiakoski, Demetrio Magrin, Laura Magrini, Luca Marafatto, Helen McGregor, Trevor Mendel, Stephanie Monty, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Elisa Portaluri, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, David Robertson, Christian Schwab, Stefan Ströbele, Elliott Thorn, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Lew Waller, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Alesso Zanutta, Hao Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114471R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561886

KEYWORDS: Visible radiation, James Webb Space Telescope, Observatories, Adaptive optics, Large telescopes, Spectrographs, Spatial resolution, Hubble Space Telescope, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

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The TAIPAN Starbugs fibre positioner and spectrograph: integration, commissioning, and initial performance

Nuria P. Lorente, Michael Birchall, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Tony Farrell, Nuwanthika Fernando, Michael Goodwin, Anthony Horton, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 11203, 112030C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541306

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Robots, Telescopes, Robotic systems, Galactic astronomy, Control systems, Metrology, Optical fibers, Extragalactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 July 2018 Paper

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Wide-field multi-object spectroscopy with MANIFEST

Jon Lawrence, Sagi Ben-Ami, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Timothy Chin, Matthew Colless, Adam Contos, Darren Depoy, Ian Evans, Daniel Faes, Tony Farrell, Peter Gillingham, Michael Goodwin, Sungwook Hong, Narae Hwang, Wong-Seob Jeong, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria Lorente, Slavko Mali, Jennifer Marshall, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Vijay Nichani, Claudia Oliveria, Henrique Ortolan, naveen Pai, Sung-Joon Park, Travis Prochaska, Will Saunders, Luke Schmidt, Aline Souza, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 10702, 10702A6 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314178

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

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GLT receiver commissioning at JCMT and future JCMT instrumentation

Dan Bintley, Per Friberg, Ryan Berthold, Tim Chuter, Kuan-Yu Liu, Craig Walther, Jessica Dempsey, Paul Ho, Helen McGregor, Satoki Matsushita, Keiichi Asada, Shoko Koyama, Hiroaki Nishioka, Chih-Chiang Han, Chih-Wei Huang, Lupin Lin, Ta-Shun Wei, Derek Kubo, Ranjani Srinivasan, Ramprasad Rao, Geoff Bower, Peter Oshiro, Ming-Tang Chen

Proceedings Volume 10708, 1070815 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313083

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Telescopes, Mirrors, Polarization, Calibration, Astronomy, Antennas, Optical correlators, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation

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TAIPAN: the AAO's first Starbug positioner and spectrograph (Conference Presentation)

Nuria P. Lorente, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Carlos Bacigalupo, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Robert Content, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, Urs Klauser, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem, Helen McGregor

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313032

KEYWORDS: Astronomical imaging, Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, Observatories, Prototyping, Robots, Optical fibers, Glasses, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Hector: a modular integral field spectrograph instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Julia Bryant, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jon Lawrence, Will Saunders, Robert Content, Scott Croom, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Mahesh Mohanan, Rebecca Brown, Adeline Wang, Ross Zhelem, Peter Gillingham, Robert Patterson, Helen McGregor, Warrick Couch, Jesse van de Sande, Richard McDermid, Sergio Leon-Saval

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309893

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectral resolution, Spectrographs, Kinematics, Telescopes, Ionization, Robotics, Astronomy

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Based on the success of the SAMI integral field spectrograph (IFS) instrument on the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) the capacity for large IFS nearby galaxy surveys on the AAT is being substantially expanded with a new instrument called Hector. The high filling-fraction imaging fibre bundles ‘hexabundles’ of the type used on SAMI, are being enlarged to cover up to 30-arcsec diameter. The aim is to reach two effective radii on most galaxies, where the galaxy rotation curve flattens and >75% of the specific angular momentum of disk galaxies is accounted for. Driven by the key science case, Hector will have a 1.3A spectral resolution, enabling high-order stellar kinematics to be measured on a larger fraction of galaxies than with any other IFS instrument. Hector will be on sky in 2019. The first module of Hector, Hector-I, will have 21 hexabundles and >42 sky fibres to observe 20 galaxies and a calibration star simultaneously. It consists of new blue and red-arm spectrographs that have been designed at the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO; now called AAO-Macquarie), coupled to the new hexabundles and robotic positioner from AAO-USydney (formerly the Sydney Astrophotonics Instrumentation Laboratory, SAIL) at Sydney University. A novel robotic positioning concept will compensate for varying telecentricity over the 2-degree-field of the AAT to recoup the 20% loss in light at the edge of the field. Hector-I will survey 15,000 galaxies. Additional modules in the future would result in 30,000 galaxies. Hector will take integral field spectroscopy on galaxies with z<0.15 in the 4MOST WAVES-North and WAVES-South∗ regions. The WAVES data, which will come later, will give the environment metrics neces- sary to relate how local and global environments influence galaxy growth through gas accretion, star formation and spins measured with Hector. The WALLABY ASKAP† survey will trace HI gas across the Hector fields, which in combination with Hector will give a complete view of gas accretion and star formation.

Proceedings Article | 19 July 2010 Paper

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Automated metrology simulator for multi-objects instruments

Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Colin Dickson, Steven Beard, Xiaofeng Gao, Brian Stobie, Peter Hastings, Helen McGregor

Proceedings Volume 7739, 77390O (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.855777

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Mirrors, Metrology, Device simulation, Telescopes, Control systems, Calibration, CCD cameras, Beam steering, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

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SCUBA-2: engineering and commissioning challenges of the world's largest sub-mm instrument at the JCMT

Simon Craig, Helen McGregor, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, David Montgomery, Dan Bintley, Tim Chuter, Wayne Holland, David Lunney, Michael MacIntosh, Erik Starman, James Webb

Proceedings Volume 7741, 77411K (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857621

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sensors, Magnetism, Optical alignment, Antennas, Telescopes, Niobium, Optics manufacturing, Magnetic sensors, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 2009 Paper

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EAGLE: an MOAO fed multi-IFU working in the NIR on the E-ELT

Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Simon Morris, Philip Parr-Burman, Matthew Lehnert, Chris Evans, Thierry Fusco, Pascal Jagourel, David Le Mignant, Richard Myers, Gérard Rousset, Hermine Schnetler, Jean-Philippe Amans, Francois Assemat, Stephen Beard, Mathieu Cohen, Nigel Dipper, Marc Ferrari, Eric Gendron, Jean-Luc Gimenez, Peter Hastings, Zoltan Hubert, Emmanuel Hugot, Philippe Laporte, Brice Leroux, Fabrice Madec, Helen McGregor, Tim Morris, Benoit Neichel, Mathieu Puech, Clelia Robert, Stephen Rolt, Mark Swinbank, Gordon Talbot, William Taylor, Francois Vidal, Sébastien Vivès, Pascal Vola, Martyn Wells

Proceedings Volume 7439, 74390J (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.829213

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Mirrors, Wavefront sensors, Spectrographs, Laser guide stars, Space telescopes, Stars, Turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2008 Paper

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Cryogenic magnetic shielding for SCUBA-2

Matthew Hollister, Helen McGregor, Adam Woodcraft, Dan Bintley, Michael MacIntosh, Wayne Holland

Proceedings Volume 7020, 702023 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787795

KEYWORDS: Magnetism, Signal attenuation, Superconductors, Sensors, Computer aided design, Aluminum, Cryogenics, Niobium, Calibration, Magnetic sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

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Opto-mechanical design of SCUBA-2

Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Tully Peacocke, David Montgomery, David Gostick, Helen McGregor, Mark Cliff, Ian Saunders, Leo Ploeg, Michiel Dorrepaal, Bart van Venrooij

Proceedings Volume 6273, 62732H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669231

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Sensors, Metrology, Polishing, Cryogenics, Photovoltaics, Surface finishing, Camera shutters, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

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The cryo-mechanical design of SCUBA-2: a wide-field imager for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

David Gostick, Dave Montgomery, Bob Wall, Helen McGregor, Mark Cliffe, Adam Woodcraft, Fred Gannaway

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551749

KEYWORDS: Camera shutters, Sensors, Mirrors, Telescopes, Imaging systems, Cryogenics, Aluminum, Copper, Thermal modeling, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2003 Paper

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SCUBA-2: developing the detectors

William Duncan, Wayne Holland, Michael Audley, M. Cliffe, T. Hodson, B. Kelly, Xiaofeng Gao, David Gostick, M. MacIntosh, Helen McGregor, Tully Peacocke, Kent Irwin, Gene Hilton, Steven Deiker, J. Beier, Carl Reintsema, Anthony Walton, W. Parkes, Tom Stevenson, Alan Gundlach, Camelia Dunare, Peter Ade

Proceedings Volume 4855, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459107

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Multiplexers, Semiconducting wafers, Wafer bonding, Astronomy, Telescopes, Etching, Galactic astronomy, Standards development

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