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Principles of operation (cross--dispersed mode)

In order to configure the spectrograph for any given observation it is necessary to specify the following parameters:

• Choice of echelle grating

• Central wavelength and order number

• Slit width and length

The rest of this section dicusses these parameters in more detail.

• Choice of echelle grating
• Central wavelength and order number
• Slit width