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TOPIC: K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph

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Date: Dec 12 23:07 2012

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KMOS successfully installed on ESO's Very Large Telescope A powerful new instrument called KMOS has just been successfully tested on ESO's Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. KMOS is unique as it will be able to observe not just one, but 24 objects at the same time in infrared light and study the structure simultaneously within each one. It will provide crucial data to help understand how galaxies grew and evolved in the early Universe - and provide it much faster than has been possible up to now. KMOS was built by a consortium of universities and institutes in the United Kingdom and Germany in collaboration with ESO. Read more __________________

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Date: Oct 10 23:59 2012

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A 'compound eye' on the sky At ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile they are about to fit a new instrument that can record the light from 24 galaxies simultaneously. Rather like an insect's compound eye KMOS has many facets: each of its 24 robotic arms is tipped with gold-plated mirrors that can be trained on a different galaxy. Light from these mirrors is channelled into 3 spectrographs and 'multiplexed' - combined into a single signal. Read more __________________

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Date: Jun 28 16:38 2012

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Super-chilled robot ready to slice and dice The K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) is to be fitted to the Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. It will study light that's been travelling through space for more than 13 billion years. Its quest will be to identify the first objects to shine in the Universe - the very first stars and galaxies. KMOS will work out the precise distances to these objects and tease out details of their construction. Read more __________________

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