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Other fibre instruments

AF2 is one of a handful of wide field spectroscopy fibre positioning robots.  This page contains a list of links to information on similar instruments.

2dF - The 2 degree field system (2dF) is at the AAT's most complex astronimical instrument.  It is designed to allow the acquisition of up to 400 simultaneous spectra of objects anywhere within a two degree field on the sky.

6dF - The automated multi-object fibre-optic spectroscopy system on the UKST

OzPoz - This is a fibre positioning instrument that is to be placed on ESO's VLT.

Echidna - This is a fibre positioning instrument that is to be places on the Suburu telescope

Hectospec- Fibre positioning instrument very similar to AF2 but with two robots to reduce setup time, fitted at MMT

LAMOST - The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST)

Last updated 18 feb 2005 by MVDH