Based on the success of the SAMI integral field spectrograph (IFS) instrument on the
Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) the capacity for large IFS nearby galaxy surveys
on the AAT is being substantially expanded with a new instrument called Hector. The
high filling-fraction imaging fibre bundles `hexabundles' of the type used on SAMI,
are being enlarged to cover up to 30-arcsec diameter. The aim is to reach two effective
radii on most galaxies, where the galaxy rotation curve flattens and >75% of the specific
angular momentum of disk galaxies is accounted for. Driven by the key science case,
Hector will have a 1.3A spectral resolution, enabling high-order stellar kinematics
to be measured on a larger fraction of galaxies than with any other IFS instrument.
Hector will be on sky in 2019.
