Imaging FTS: A Different Approach to Integral Field Spectroscopy

Imaging Fourier transform spectroscopy (iFTS) is a promising, although technically very challenging, option for wide-field hyperspectral imagery. We present in this paper an introduction to the iFTS concept and its advantages and drawbacks, as well as examples of data obtained with a prototype iFTS...

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Main Authors: Laurent Drissen, Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, Sébastien Lavoie, Carmelle Robert, Thomas Martin, Pierre Martin, Julie Mandar, Frédéric Grandmont
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Advances in Astronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/293856
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description Imaging Fourier transform spectroscopy (iFTS) is a promising, although technically very challenging, option for wide-field hyperspectral imagery. We present in this paper an introduction to the iFTS concept and its advantages and drawbacks, as well as examples of data obtained with a prototype iFTS, SpIOMM, attached to the 1.6 m telescope of the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic: emission line ratios in the spiral galaxy NGC 628 and absorption line indices in the giant elliptical M87. We conclude by introducing SpIOMM's successor, SITELLE, which will be installed at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in 2014.
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spelling doaj-art-997304fdecad4c2cbeed2bf46b3280212025-08-20T03:37:03ZengWileyAdvances in Astronomy1687-79691687-79772014-01-01201410.1155/2014/293856293856Imaging FTS: A Different Approach to Integral Field SpectroscopyLaurent Drissen0Laurie Rousseau-Nepton1Sébastien Lavoie2Carmelle Robert3Thomas Martin4Pierre Martin5Julie Mandar6Frédéric Grandmont7Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d'Optique, Université Laval and Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ), 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaDépartement de Physique, de Génie Physique et d'Optique, Université Laval and Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ), 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaDépartement de Physique, de Génie Physique et d'Optique, Université Laval and Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ), 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaDépartement de Physique, de Génie Physique et d'Optique, Université Laval and Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ), 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaDépartement de Physique, de Génie Physique et d'Optique, Université Laval and Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ), 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200 W. Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720-4091, USAABB Analytical, 585 Boulevard Charest Est, Suite 300, Québec, QC, G1K 9H4, CanadaABB Analytical, 585 Boulevard Charest Est, Suite 300, Québec, QC, G1K 9H4, CanadaImaging Fourier transform spectroscopy (iFTS) is a promising, although technically very challenging, option for wide-field hyperspectral imagery. We present in this paper an introduction to the iFTS concept and its advantages and drawbacks, as well as examples of data obtained with a prototype iFTS, SpIOMM, attached to the 1.6 m telescope of the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic: emission line ratios in the spiral galaxy NGC 628 and absorption line indices in the giant elliptical M87. We conclude by introducing SpIOMM's successor, SITELLE, which will be installed at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in 2014.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/293856
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Imaging FTS: A Different Approach to Integral Field Spectroscopy
Advances in Astronomy
title Imaging FTS: A Different Approach to Integral Field Spectroscopy
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title_sort imaging fts a different approach to integral field spectroscopy
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