Institut für Astronomie & Astrophysik

The High Resolution Double Echelle Spectrograph (HIRDES)

Note: The german HIRDES instrument is no longer foreseen as instrument onboard WSO/UV. Russia will design a new spectrograph. This page describes the status of HIRDES as result of studies carried out in Germany and funded by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR).

The main characteristics of the HIRDES instrument are summarized as follows:

There is the beta version of an exposure time calculator available (working, but not ready).

The German HIRDES Team

The HIRDES Team in Tübingen

Prof. Klaus Werner
e-mail: wernerspam prevention@astro.uni-tuebingen.de

Dr. Norbert Kappelmann
e-mail: kappelmannspam prevention@astro.uni-tuebingen.de

Dr. Jürgen Barnstedt
e-mail: barnstedtspam prevention@astro.uni-tuebingen.de

The HIRDES Team in Berlin (ISAS Institute for Analytical Sciences)

Dr. H. Becker-Ross
e-mail: becker-rossspam prevention@isas.de

Dr. S. Florek
e-mail: florekspam prevention@isas.de