Extragalactic integral field spectroscopy on the Gemini telescopes
- 30 January 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Astronomische Nachrichten
- Vol. 325 (2) , 139-142
- https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.200310194
Abstract
We have been undertaking a programme on the Gemini 8‐m telescopes to demonstrate the power of integral field spectroscopy, using the optical GMOS spectrograph, and the new CIRPASS instrument in the near‐infrared. Here we present some preliminary results from 3D spectroscopy of extra‐galactic objects, mapping the emission lines in a 3CR radio galaxy and in a gravitationally lensed arc, exploring dark matter sub‐structure through observations of an Einstein Cross gravitational lens, and the star formation time‐scales of young massive clusters in the starburst galaxy NGC 1140.Keywords
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