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SIFS arrives

The SOAR Integral Field Spectrograph (SIFS) was delivered to SOAR on 10 Dec 2009. After arriving at Cerro Pachon in great shape, SIFS had its completed its off telescope integration first engineering on 18 Dec 2009. The Brazilian instrument team (Bruno Castilho, Flávio Ribeiro and Márcio Arruda, from LNA), helped by SOAR technical and science staff released the 1.2 ton of equipment (including test and handling material) from the boxes, and assembled the spectrograph. The instrument consists of three sub-systems: fore-optics, fiber cable and bench spectrograph. All parts were tested in the telescope for mechanical assembly and to make final adjustments in the fiber cable path.

Dec 20, 2009

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The Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope is a 4.1 meter aperture telescope designed to produce the best quality images of any observatory in its class in the world. It was funded by a a partnership between the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the country of Brazil, Michigan State University (MSU) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). SOAR is situated on Cerro Pachón at an altitude of 2,700 meters (8,775 feet) above sea level, at the western edge of the peaks of the Chilean Andes.