SIDE, a fiber fed spectrograph for the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC)

TL;DR

SIDE is a proposed second-generation spectrograph for the GTC, enabling efficient multi-object and 3D spectroscopy with simultaneous visible and NIR observations, involving international collaboration.

Contribution

It introduces a novel fiber-fed spectrograph design capable of simultaneous visible and NIR observations for the GTC.

Findings

Feasibility study completed

Project under revision by GTC

International collaboration involved

Abstract

SIDE (Super Ifu Deployable Experiment) will be a second-generation, common-user instrument for the Grantecan (GTC) on La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain). It is being proposed as a spectrograph of low and intermediate resolution, highly efficient in multi-object spectroscopy and 3D spectroscopy. SIDE features the unique possibility of performing simultaneous visible and NIR observations for selected ranges. The SIDE project is leaded by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC) in Granada (Spain) and the SIDE Consortium is formed by a total of 10 institutions from Spain, Mexico and USA. The SIDE Feasibility Study has been completed and currently the project is under revision by the GTC Project Office.