SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Conceptual Design of Wide Field Fiber Multi-Object Spectrograph
- Notice Date
- 9/15/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- National Science Foundation, Division of Contracts & Complex Agreements, DCCA, 4201 Wilson Boulevard Room 475, Arlington, VA, 22230
- ZIP Code
- 22230
- Solicitation Number
- N251227
- Response Due
- 9/23/2005
- Archive Date
- 10/8/2005
- Description
- Contracting Office Address: AURA-Gemini Observatory, 670 N. A'ohoku Place, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Point of Contact: Andrew Flach, Gemini Contracts Manager, Phone (520) 749-1560, Fax (520) 203-0237, Email aflach@gemini.edu The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (?AURA?), acting as the operator of the Gemini Observatory, intends to solicit proposals to conduct Conceptual Design studies for a Wide-field Fiber Multi-Object Spectrograph (WFMOS). The instrument is intended to be developed collaboratively by the Gemini and Subaru Observatories. It is to be deployed on the Subaru telescope for the shared use of both astronomical communities. A Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued by AURA in September to institutions that submit a request to receive the RFP by 23 September 2005. Requests to receive the RFP should be sent by email to Andrew Flach, Gemini Contracts Manager, at aflach@gemini.edu, and should reference ?N251227? in the subject line. In the body of the email please give the name of your instuition and the contact information (name, email, street address, and telephone) for the person who will serve as your single point of contact for this procurement. Before submitting your request for the RFP please review the full announcement regarding this procurement which is available at the Gemini Observatory website (http://www.gemini.edu/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=148). The full announcement contains important information regarding the required allocation of the work among the Gemini Partner nations. WFMOS is expected to provide spectroscopic observations of ~4500 targets simultaneously across a 1.5-degree field of view. The basic instrument concept relies on the use of a prime focus array of remotely positioned fibers that feed a large bank of spectrometers located off the telescope. This prime focus concept is driven by constraints of the existing top end of the Subaru telescope and the need to use common wide-field corrector elements for both WFMOS and HyperSuprime Cam (a separate wide-field imager being proposed by Subaru). The Conceptual Design teams will need to work closely with both the Gemini and Subaru staffs to address key optical, mechanical, and control system interfaces, develop operational concepts, etc. The preliminary baseline performance requirements for WFMOS on Subaru include: Wavelength Range: 0.39 ? 1.0 ?m Field of View: 1.5 deg Spatial Sampling: 1 arcsec fiber entrance Spectral Resolution: R = 1800 - 3500 (3000 fibers) and R = 40,000 (1500 fibers) Simultaneous wavelength coverage: 0.39 ? 1.0 ?m (low resolution spectrographs), >100 ? (high resolution) Simultaneous Targets: 4500 Detector operating modes: Standard readout or Nod and shuffle Please note that these requirements may be modified or expanded in the actual RFP and are only meant to give a general idea of the scope of the work. Do not rely on the requirements stated in this announcement in performing any work.
- Record
- SN00896645-W 20050917/050915212951 (fbodaily.com)
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