Scott Case

TL;DR: The 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST), a new high-multiplex, wide-field spectroscopic survey facility under development for the four-metres-class Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) at Paranal, is introduced.

TL;DR: GNOSIS as mentioned in this paper is a prototype astrophotonic instrument that utilizes "OH suppression fibers" consisting of fiber Bragg gratings and photonic lanterns to suppress the 103 brightest atmospheric emission doublets between 1.47 and 1.7µm.

TL;DR: The High Efficiency and Resolution Multi Element Spectrograph (HERMES) as mentioned in this paper is a facility-class optical spectrograph for the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) designed primarily for Galactic Archaeology, the first major attempt to create a detailed understanding of galaxy formation and evolution by studying the history of our own galaxy.

TL;DR: The Gemini Near-infrared OH Suppression Integral field unit (IFU) system (GNOSIS) as discussed by the authors was designed to suppress 103 OH doublets between 1.47 and 1.7 µm by a factor of 1000 with a resolving power of 10,000.

TL;DR: TAIPAN as discussed by the authors is a spectroscopic instrument designed for the UK Schmidt Telescope at the Australian Astronomical Observatory and it will serve as a prototype for the MANIFEST fiber positioner system for the future giant Magellan Telescope.