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Title

DAZLE on the VLT

Author(s)

McMahon, Richard;  Parry, Ian;  Venemans, Bram;  King, Dave;  Ryan-Weber, Emma;  Bland-Hawthorn, Joss;  Horton, Anthony

Abstract

We report on the commissioning and first observing run of the VLT visitor instrument DAZLE. DAZLE (Dark Ages "Z" Lyman Explorer), is an innovative near-infrared narrowband imager optimised to detect faint emission lines between the intense hydroxyl (OH) airglow emission lines that dominate the terrestrial night sky in the wavelength range 0.8-1.8 microns. The scientific goal is to detect redshifted Lyman-alpha line emission from hydrogen gas ionised by the young stars in galaxies at redshifts greater than 7.5.

Publication type

Journal article

Source

The Messenger, Vol. 131 (Mar 2008), pp. 11-13

Publication year

2008

Keyword(s)

ESO VLT;  European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope;  Near-infrared imaging

Publisher

European Southern Observatory

ISSN

0722-6691

Publisher URL

http://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.131-mar08/

Copyright

Copyright © 2008.