K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph

KMOS on the VLT Antu (UT1) at the time of first light in 2012^[1]

The K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph, or KMOS for short, is an instrument mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Antu (UT1) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. KMOS is able to observe 24 objects at the same time in infrared light and to map out how their properties vary from place to place. It will provide crucial data to help understand how galaxies grew and evolved in the early Universe.

References

↑ "24-armed Giant to Probe Early Lives of Galaxies". ESO Press Release. Retrieved 12 December 2012.

External links

KMOS Science Pages at ESO

European Southern Observatory

Facilities	La Silla Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Paranal Observatory Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility

Telescopes	ALMA APEX ESO 3.6m E-ELT EULER (nat'l) NGTS (prjct) NTT MPG/ESO OWL (cancelled) VLT VISTA VST

Telescope instruments	ADONIS CORALIE ESPRESSO GROND HARPS KMOS MUSE PIONIER SPHERE VIMOS

Miscellany	Astronomy and Astrophysics ESO Hotel The Messenger Tim de Zeeuw

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