Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 131, 181-185
F. Stolpe and F. Kneer
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Universitäts-Sternwarte,
Geismarlandstraße 11, D-37083 Göttingen, Germany
e-mail: fstolpe@uni-sw.gwdg.de
Received December 24, 1997; accepted February 16, 1998
A new instrument for multi-dimensional spectroscopy at the Gregory Coudé Telescope (GCT) at the Observatorio del Teide/Tenerife is presented. The system, consisting of a scanning device, a Stokes-V polarimeter and a suitable CCD system, performs fast spatial scanning. It preserves the good polarization properties of the telescope by using a Bowen compensator. We describe the instrument, the different modes of operation, and how it is controlled and give some performance data.
Key words: instruments: spectrographs; polarimeters -- Sun: general
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