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Rubin Observatory Simonyi Survey Telescope integrated mount performance

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Stalder, B; Munoz, F; Aguilar, C; Araya, C; Aubel, K; Barr, J; Borstad, A; Claver, C; Clements, AW; Constanzo, J; Corvetto, G; Coughlin, E ...
Published in: Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering
January 1, 2024

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is an integrated survey system, currently under construction in Chile, to accomplish a 10-year optical survey of the southern sky. The 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope mount is nearing completion and undergoing final verification and performance testing. Since the system is optimized for etendue, the telescope mount slewing performance is particularly critical to overall survey efficiency. For example, this high performance mount is required to slew 3.5 degrees, on the sky, and settle in a 4-second period. Here an account of the mount subsystem is presented and selected dynamic performance results from on-site testing are described.

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Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering

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EISSN

1996-756X

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0277-786X

Publication Date

January 1, 2024

Volume

13094

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
 

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Stalder, B., Munoz, F., Aguilar, C., Araya, C., Aubel, K., Barr, J., … Walter, C. (2024). Rubin Observatory Simonyi Survey Telescope integrated mount performance. In Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering (Vol. 13094). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019266
Stalder, B., F. Munoz, C. Aguilar, C. Araya, K. Aubel, J. Barr, A. Borstad, et al. “Rubin Observatory Simonyi Survey Telescope integrated mount performance.” In Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 13094, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019266.
Stalder B, Munoz F, Aguilar C, Araya C, Aubel K, Barr J, et al. Rubin Observatory Simonyi Survey Telescope integrated mount performance. In: Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering. 2024.
Stalder, B., et al. “Rubin Observatory Simonyi Survey Telescope integrated mount performance.” Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 13094, 2024. Scopus, doi:10.1117/12.3019266.
Stalder B, Munoz F, Aguilar C, Araya C, Aubel K, Barr J, Borstad A, Claver C, Clements AW, Constanzo J, Corvetto G, Coughlin E, Daruich F, Dennihy E, Drass H, Esteves J, Fábrega J, Fanning K, Ferguson P, Fernandez MG, Fernandez M, Frenandez Lobon P, Fisher-Levine M, Gamundi SB, Garcia J, Gonzalez I, Harris R, Herrera H, Hoblitt J, Izpizua A, Jimenez Mejias D, Johnson B, Kang Y, Kelkar K, Lage C, Lopez Toro J, Maulen G, Mills D, Mills N, Neill D, Nunez O, Ordenes I, Orellana J, Park HY, Quint B, Reil K, Reinking H, Reuter M, Ribeiro T, Rojas R, Romero S, Romero Casas FM, Sanmartim D, Saunders C, Schoening B, Sebag J, Serrano E, Shestakov A, Shugart A, Silva C, Siruno K, Sotuela I, Tache A, Tapia D, Thomas S, Tighe R, Tsai TW, Urbach E, Vergara L, Walter C. Rubin Observatory Simonyi Survey Telescope integrated mount performance. Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering. 2024.

Published In

Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering

DOI

EISSN

1996-756X

ISSN

0277-786X

Publication Date

January 1, 2024

Volume

13094

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering