A concise overview of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer

Understand

This short document is intended as a companion and introduction to the Detailed Science Case (DSC) for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer.

• It provides a concise summary of the essential characteristics of MSE from the perspective of the international astronomical community.
• MSE is a wide field telescope (1.5 square degree field of view) with an aperture of 11.25m.
• It is dedicated to multi-object spectroscopy at several different spectral resolutions in the range R ~ 2500 - 40000 over a broad wavelength range (0.36 - 1.8{\mu}m).