The 6dF fibre spectrograph

• Development of 2dF for AAO Schmidt

• 150 fibres robotically positioned over 6ºØ FoV of Schmidt

• 6.7 arcsec Ø fibres:

  • platescale
  • nearby galaxies

• r-? fibre positioner is off-telescope

• Bench-mounted spectrograph

• Under construction - complete April 2001

150 single fibres

Robotic r-? fibre positioner

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