WEAVE: The next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the WHT (Cambridge Element: 2014/17)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Institute of Astronomy
Abstract
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Planned Impact
This is a joint proposal and this section is completed on the Lead Institution application
Publications
Walton, N A
(2014)
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIII
Walton N. A.
(2016)
Gaia and WEAVE/WxES: Supporting the PLATO Exoplanet Hunter
in Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys, and Wide Fields
Walton Nicholas
(2015)
Gaia, PLATO and WEAVE: A Powerful combination for Exoplanet Characterisation
in AAS/Division for Extreme Solar Systems Abstracts
Lewis J.
(2019)
The WEAVE Core Processing System at CASU
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
Peralta De Arriba L.
(2019)
The WEAVE Quick-Look GUI
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
Jin S
(2024)
The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Arnaudova M
(2024)
WEAVE First Light Observations: Origin and Dynamics of the Shock Front in Stephan's Quintet
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | The grant will support the development of the data analysis and management system for the WEAVE multi object spectrograph on the WHT. |
| Exploitation Route | The data analysis systems have relevance to a range of other fields, including for medical image analysis. |
| Sectors | Environment Healthcare |
| Description | This grant supports the development of the data handling system for the WEAVE telescope. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Other |
| Description | CASU Equipment 2016/17 |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/R000433/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | CASU Equipment 2017/18 |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/R006881/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (CASU): Filling the Astronomical Data Lake (2020-2024) |
| Amount | £1,222,752 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/T003081/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | WEAVE: The next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the WHT (Cambridge Element: 2017/18) |
| Amount | £376,535 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/P003486/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | WEAVE |
| Organisation | Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | WEAVE is a new instrument under development and construction for the ING's William Herschel Telescope. We are responsible for the development of the Data Analysis system for the instrument - and also participate in the WEAVE Science Team. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The page at http://www.ing.iac.es/weave/consortium.html gives a list of the partners in the WEAVE consortium. |
| Impact | The consortium is responsible for the development of the WEAVE spectrograph. This will be commissioned on the ING's WHT late 2017. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | UK-led robotic sky scanner reveals its first galactic fingerprint |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A major telescope upgrade has peered through to the distant Universe to reveal the spectra of a pair of galaxies 280 million light years away from Earth. The spectra provide a first glimpse of the sky from the WHT Enhanced Area Velocity Explorer (WEAVE) - a unique upgrade to the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) in La Palma on the Canary Islands. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/uk-led-robotic-sky-scanner-reveals-its-first-galactic-fingerprin... |