Poster abstract details

An extensive spectroscopic multi-site campaign on solar-like oscillations in bright red giant stars is planned for 2010. The main instrument for this campaign will be HERMES, the new high-resolution spectrograph at the 1.2m Mercator telescope on La Palma.

To test if we can achieve the desired precision of m/s for the velocity time series with this instrument, we will observe a solar-like oscillator in our observing run in October 2009. The poster will report on the observations, calibration as well as the results. This work represents the first asteroseismic observations of solar-like oscillations done with the HERMES spectrograph.

The poster will end with a call to the international community to participate in the campaign, outlining its goals and planning.