What is D-Shooter?†
- D-Shooter is an Optical-to-NIR spectrograph optimized for the LTAO system at the Subaru telescope, realized by the Adaptive Secondary Mirror
- It consists of at least two spectrograph units, one is in the optical(0.4-0.9um) and the other in the NIR(0.9-2.5micron).
Instrument Specifications†
Coming Soon
Target Science†
- kilonova and supernova spectroscopy to uncover their nucleosynthesis and progenitors
- high-redshift galaxy spectroscopy to uncover the galaxy formation process
- metal-poor galaxy spectroscopy to uncover the first-generation galaxies in the Universe
- high-redshift quasar spectroscopy to uncover the origin of supermassive black holes
- metal-poor star spectroscopy to uncover the nucleosynthesis in the early Universe
- and more!
Team Members†
- Principal Investigator : Michitoshi Yoshida (Subaru)
- Project Manager : Kentaro Motohara (NAOJ)
- Project Scientist : Takashi Moriya (NAOJ)
- Instrument Team
- Shinobu Ozaki (NAOJ)
- Yoshito Ono (Subaru)
- Yosuke Minowa (Subaru)
- Yutaka Hayano (NAOJ)
- Kenshi Yanagisawa (NAOJ)
- Kosuke Kushibiki (U. Tokyo)
- Shogo Homan (U. Tokyo)
- Science Team
- Yusei Koyama (Subaru)
- Masaomi Tanaka (Tohoku U.)
- Masami Ouchi (NAOJ/U. Tokyo)
- Masayuki Akiyama (Tohoku U.)
- Masayuki Tanaka (NAOJ)
- Nozomu Tominaga (NAOJ)
- Tohru Nagao (Ehime U.)
- Yoshiki Matsuoka (Ehime U.)