# 4MOST: Project overview and information for the First Call for Proposals

@article{Jong20194MOSTPO,
title={4MOST: Project overview and information for the First Call for Proposals},
journal={The Messenger},
year={2019},
volume={175},
pages={3-11}
}
We introduce the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST), a new high-multiplex, wide-field spectroscopic survey facility under development for the four-metre-class Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) at Paranal. Its key specifications are: a large field of view (FoV) of 4.2 square degrees and a high multiplex capability, with 1624 fibres feeding two low-resolution spectrographs ($R = \lambda/\Delta\lambda \sim 6500$), and 812 fibres transferring light to the… Expand
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