An optimized tiling pattern for multiobject spectroscopic surveys: application to the 4MOST survey

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 497; no. 4; pp. 4626 - 4643
• Main Authors: Tempel, E, Tuvikene, T, Muru, M M, Stoica, R S, Bensby, T, Chiappini, C, Christlieb, N, Cioni, M-R L, Comparat, J, Feltzing, S, Hook, I, Koch, A, Kordopatis, G, Krumpe, M, Loveday, J, Minchev, I, Norberg, P, Roukema, B F, Sorce, J G, Storm, J, Swann, E, Taylor, E N, Traven, G, Walcher, C J, de Jong, R S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 01.10.2020; Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P - Oxford Open Option A
• Subjects: Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astrophysics; Fysik; Instrumentation and Detectors; methods: miscellaneous; Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Physical Sciences; Physics; surveys; techniques: miscellaneous; techniques: miscellaneous; surveys; methods: miscellaneous

ABSTRACT Large multiobject spectroscopic surveys require automated algorithms to optimize their observing strategy. One of the most ambitious upcoming spectroscopic surveys is the 4MOST survey. The 4MOST survey facility is a fibre-fed spectroscopic instrument on the VISTA telescope with a large enou...