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Michael Pluto

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Two Fabry-Perots and two calibration units for CARMENES

The wavelength calibration and nightly drift measurements for CARMENES (Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exoearths with Near-infrared and optical Echelle Spectrographs) are provided by a combination of hollow cathode lamps and two Fabry-P\'{e}rot units. CARMENES consists of two spectrograph, one for the visible part of the spectrum (520-960nm) and one for the near infrared (960-1710nm). Each spectrograph has its own calibration unit and its own Fabry-P\'{e}rot. The calibration units are equipped with Th-Ne, U-Ar and U-Ne hollow cathode lamps as well as a flat field lamp. The Fabry-P\'{e}rots are optimized for the wavelength ranges of the spectrographs and use halogen-tungsten lamps as light sources. The Fabry-P\'{e}rots have a free spectral range of 15GHz for the visible and 12.2GHz for the near infrared which translates to $\sim$17,900 useful emission lines for the visible spectrograph and $\sim$9,700 for the infrared. These lines are used to compute the wavelength solution, and to monitor the instrumental drift during the night. The Fabry-P\'{e}rot units are temperature and pressure stabilized and designed to reach an internal stability of better than 10\,cm/s per night. Here, we present the designs of both Fabry-P\'{e}rot units and the calibration units.

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TAUKAM: a new prime-focus camera for the Tautenburg Schmidt Telescope

TAUKAM stands for "TAUtenburg KAMera", which will become the new prime-focus imager for the Tautenburg Schmidt telescope. It employs an e2v 6kx6k CCD and is under manufacture by Spectral Instruments Inc. We describe the design of the instrument and the auxiliary components, its specifications as well as the concept for integrating the device into the telescope infrastructure. First light is foreseen in 2017. TAUKAM will boost the observational capabilities of the telescope for what concerns optical wide-field surveys.

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