Description
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be a unique spectroscopic facility built by an international consortium
for the ESO-NTT 3.6-m telescope in La Silla (Chile). The design foresees a single-object,
high-efficiency spectrograph with a resolution-slit product of ~ 4,500, capable of simultaneously
observing the complete spectral range 350 - 2000 nm with a good sensitivity and with imaging
capabilities in the visible band (ugrizY). It is designed to observe all kind of transients and variable
sources over a wide range of time scales with a highly flexible schedule maintained by the
consortium, based on the Target of Opportunity concept. SOXS is going to be a fundamental spectroscopic
partner for any kind of imaging survey, becoming one of the premier transient follow-up
instruments in the Southern hemisphere.