Long-slit spectroscopy
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In astronomy, long-slit spectroscopy involves observing a celestial object using a spectrograph in which the entrance aperture is an elongated, narrow slit. Light entering the slit is then refracted u
Typical velocity profiles of several nebulae observed using long-slit spectroscopy.
The Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer is an integral field spectrograph installed at the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory. It operates in the visible wavelength range, and com
MUSE mounted on the VLT Yepun (UT4)
MUSE at the Lyon Observatory: The ESO director general, two local politicians, the university president, and the instrument's principal investigator
A simulation of how MUSE will see the globular cluster NGC 2808. This colour image has been created by first creating a simulated MUSE observation of the globular cluster and then extract three spectral regions from this data cube. Thus for each source in this image there is an entire spectrum.
MUSE views the strange galaxy NGC 4650A