2012 Fall Physics Colloquium Series: Dr. Jennifer Marshall

GMACS is a wide-field, multi-object, moderate-resolution optical spectrograph being built at Texas A&M that has been selected as a first light instrument for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). The primary design drivers are high throughput, simultaneous wide wavelength coverage, and a very wide field. GMACS will be able to study some of the faintest objects in the Universe, from the highest redshift galaxies, to nearby low surface brightness objects, to KBOs in our solar system. I will describe the telescope, the instrument, and the science drivers that led us to the design of the instrument.

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