Rubin commissioning camera: integration, functional testing, and lab performance

Brian Stalder; Kevin Reil; Chuck Claver; Ming Liang; Tei Wei Tsai; Travis Lange; Justine Haupt; Oliver Wiecha; Margaux Lopez; Gary Poczulp; Diane Hascall; Douglas Neill; Jacques Sebag; Brian Johnson; Neill Mills; Myung Cho; Homer Neal; Scott Newbry; Shawn Osier; Rafe Schindler; Dmitry Onoprienko; Anthony Johnson; R. Glenn Morris; Max Turri; Alan Eisner; Stephen Cisneros; Van Xiong; Michael Huffer; Gregg Thayer; Ronald Harris; Anthony Borstad; Anthony Tache; William Schoening; J. Anthony Tyson; Craig Lage; Merlin Fisher-Levine; Robert Lupton; Andres Plazas; Felipe Menanteau; Htut Khine Htay Win; Stephen Pietrowicz; James Howard

doi:10.1117/12.2561132

13 December 2020 Rubin commissioning camera: integration, functional testing, and lab performance

Brian Stalder, Kevin Reil, Chuck Claver, Ming Liang, Tei Wei Tsai, Travis Lange, Justine Haupt, Oliver Wiecha, Margaux Lopez, Gary Poczulp, Diane Hascall, Douglas Neill, Jacques Sebag, Brian Johnson, Neill Mills, Myung Cho, Homer Neal, Scott Newbry, Shawn Osier, Rafe Schindler, Dmitry Onoprienko, Anthony Johnson, R. Glenn Morris, Max Turri, Alan Eisner, Stephen Cisneros, Van Xiong, Michael Huffer, Gregg Thayer, Ronald Harris, Anthony Borstad, Anthony Tache, William Schoening, J. Anthony Tyson, Craig Lage, Merlin Fisher-Levine, Robert Lupton, Andres Plazas, Felipe Menanteau, Htut Khine Htay Win, Stephen Pietrowicz, James Howard

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Proceedings Volume 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; 114470L (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561132
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Abstract

Rubin Observatory’s Commissioning Camera (ComCam) is a 9 CCD direct imager providing a testbed for the final telescope system just prior to its integration with the 3.2-Gigapixel LSSTCam. ComCam shares many of the same subsystem components with LSSTCam in order to provide a smaller-scale, but high-fidelity demonstration of the full system operation. In addition, a pathfinder version of the LSSTCam refrigeration system is also incorporated into the design. Here we present an overview of the final as-built design, plus initial results from performance testing in the laboratory. We also provide an update to the planned activities in Chile both prior to and during the initial first-light observations.

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Brian Stalder, Kevin Reil, Chuck Claver, Ming Liang, Tei Wei Tsai, Travis Lange, Justine Haupt, Oliver Wiecha, Margaux Lopez, Gary Poczulp, Diane Hascall, Douglas Neill, Jacques Sebag, Brian Johnson, Neill Mills, Myung Cho, Homer Neal, Scott Newbry, Shawn Osier, Rafe Schindler, Dmitry Onoprienko, Anthony Johnson, R. Glenn Morris, Max Turri, Alan Eisner, Stephen Cisneros, Van Xiong, Michael Huffer, Gregg Thayer, Ronald Harris, Anthony Borstad, Anthony Tache, William Schoening, J. Anthony Tyson, Craig Lage, Merlin Fisher-Levine, Robert Lupton, Andres Plazas, Felipe Menanteau, Htut Khine Htay Win, Stephen Pietrowicz, and James Howard "Rubin commissioning camera: integration, functional testing, and lab performance", Proc. SPIE 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 114470L (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561132

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