2008/06/03 by Laurent Drissen, L. Drissen, Anne‐Pier Bernier +11
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Objects #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Field of view #Fourier transform #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Imaging spectrometer #Nebula #Optics #Physics #Planetary nebula #Spectrometer #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Telescope #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1117/12.787109
10 pages, 7 figures, to appear in "Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II", SPIE conference, Marseille, 23-28 June 2008
arxiv created 2008/06/03 · openalex publication_date 2008/07/12 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
SpIOMM is an imaging Fourier transform spectrometer designed to obtain the visible range (350 - 850 nm) spectrum of every light source in a circular field of view of 12 arcminutes in diameter. Attached to the 1.6-m telescope of the Observatoire du Mont Megantic in southern Quebec. We present here some results of three successful observing runs in 2007, which highlight SpIOMM's capabilities to map emission line objects over a very wide field of view and a broad spectral range. In particular, we discuss data cubes from the planetary nebula M27, the supernova remnants NGC 6992 and M1, the barred spiral galaxy NGC7479, as well as Stephan's quintet, and interacting group of galaxies.