Rubin Observatory Commissioning Camera: summit integration

Brian Stalder; Kevin Reil; Christian Aguilar; Claudio Araya; Anthony Borstad; Boyd Bowdish; Myung Cho; Stephen Cisneros; Chuck Claver; Julio Constanzo; Giovanni Corvetto; Holger Drass; Frossie Economou; Erik Dennihy; Alan Eisner; Juan Fabrega; Angelo Fausti Neto; Merlin Fisher-Levine; Ivan Gonzalez; Ronald Harris; Diane Hascall; Justine Haupt; Josh Hoblitt; James Howard; Mike Huffer; Tim Jenness; David Jiménez Mejías; Brian Johnson; Tony Johnson; K. Simon Krughoff; Craig Lage; Travis Lange; Ming Liang; Juan Lopez; Margaux Lopez; Robert Lupton; Guido Maulen; Felipe Menanteau; Neill Mills; Glenn R. Morris; Freddy Munoz; Homer Neal; Douglas R. Neill; Scott Newbry; Andrei Nomerotski; Dmitry Onoprienko; Ian Ordenes; Juan Orellana; Shawn Osier; HyeYun Park; Steve Pietrowicz; Andres Plazas; Gary Poczulp; Brian Qiu; Bruno Quint; Heinrich Reinking; Michael Reuter; Tiago Ribeiro; Rodrigo Rojas; Sandra Romero; Rafe Schindler; Bill Schoening; Jacques Sebag; Alysha Shugart; Cristian Silva; Ioana Sotuela; Anthony Tache; Diego Tapia; John G. Thayer; Sandrine Thomas; Roberto Tighe; Tei-Wei Tsai; Max Turri; Tony Tyson; Luis Vergara; Christopher Walter; Oliver Wiecha; Van Xiong

doi:10.1117/12.2630184

29 August 2022 Rubin Observatory Commissioning Camera: summit integration

Brian Stalder, Kevin Reil, Christian Aguilar, Claudio Araya, Anthony Borstad, Boyd Bowdish, Myung Cho, Stephen Cisneros, Chuck Claver, Julio Constanzo, Giovanni Corvetto, Holger Drass, Frossie Economou, Erik Dennihy, Alan Eisner, Juan Fabrega, Angelo Fausti Neto, Merlin Fisher-Levine, Ivan Gonzalez, Ronald Harris, Diane Hascall, Justine Haupt, Josh Hoblitt, James Howard, Mike Huffer, Tim Jenness, David Jiménez Mejías, Brian Johnson, Tony Johnson, K. Simon Krughoff, Craig Lage, Travis Lange, Ming Liang, Juan Lopez, Margaux Lopez, Robert Lupton, Guido Maulen, Felipe Menanteau, Neill Mills, Glenn R. Morris, Freddy Munoz, Homer Neal, Douglas R. Neill, Scott Newbry, Andrei Nomerotski, Dmitry Onoprienko, Ian Ordenes, Juan Orellana, Shawn Osier, HyeYun Park, Steve Pietrowicz, Andres Plazas, Gary Poczulp, Brian Qiu, Bruno Quint, Heinrich Reinking, Michael Reuter, Tiago Ribeiro, Rodrigo Rojas, Sandra Romero, Rafe Schindler, Bill Schoening, Jacques Sebag, Alysha Shugart, Cristian Silva, Ioana Sotuela, Anthony Tache, Diego Tapia, John G. Thayer, Sandrine Thomas, Roberto Tighe, Tei-Wei Tsai, Max Turri, Tony Tyson, Luis Vergara, Christopher Walter, Oliver Wiecha, Van Xiong

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Proceedings Volume 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; 121840J (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630184
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Abstract

The Rubin Observatory Commissioning Camera (ComCam) is a scaled down (144 Megapixel) version of the 3.2 Gigapixel LSSTCam which will start the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), currently scheduled to start in 2024. The purpose of the ComCam is to verify the LSSTCam interfaces with the major subsystems of the observatory as well as evaluate the overall performance of the system prior to the start of the commissioning of the LSSTCam hardware on the telescope. With the delivery of all the telescope components to the summit site by 2020, the team has already started the high-level interface verification, exercising the system in a steady state model similar to that expected during the operations phase of the project. Notable activities include a simulated “slew and expose” sequence that includes moving the optical components, a settling time to account for the dynamical environment when on the telescope, and then taking an actual sequence of images with the ComCam. Another critical effort is to verify the performance of the camera refrigeration system, and testing the operational aspects of running such a system on a moving telescope in 2022. Here we present the status of the interface verification and the planned sequence of activities culminating with on-sky performance testing during the early-commissioning phase.

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Brian Stalder, Kevin Reil, Christian Aguilar, Claudio Araya, Anthony Borstad, Boyd Bowdish, Myung Cho, Stephen Cisneros, Chuck Claver, Julio Constanzo, Giovanni Corvetto, Holger Drass, Frossie Economou, Erik Dennihy, Alan Eisner, Juan Fabrega, Angelo Fausti Neto, Merlin Fisher-Levine, Ivan Gonzalez, Ronald Harris, Diane Hascall, Justine Haupt, Josh Hoblitt, James Howard, Mike Huffer, Tim Jenness, David Jiménez Mejías, Brian Johnson, Tony Johnson, K. Simon Krughoff, Craig Lage, Travis Lange, Ming Liang, Juan Lopez, Margaux Lopez, Robert Lupton, Guido Maulen, Felipe Menanteau, Neill Mills, Glenn R. Morris, Freddy Munoz, Homer Neal, Douglas R. Neill, Scott Newbry, Andrei Nomerotski, Dmitry Onoprienko, Ian Ordenes, Juan Orellana, Shawn Osier, HyeYun Park, Steve Pietrowicz, Andres Plazas, Gary Poczulp, Brian Qiu, Bruno Quint, Heinrich Reinking, Michael Reuter, Tiago Ribeiro, Rodrigo Rojas, Sandra Romero, Rafe Schindler, Bill Schoening, Jacques Sebag, Alysha Shugart, Cristian Silva, Ioana Sotuela, Anthony Tache, Diego Tapia, John G. Thayer, Sandrine Thomas, Roberto Tighe, Tei-Wei Tsai, Max Turri, Tony Tyson, Luis Vergara, Christopher Walter, Oliver Wiecha, and Van Xiong "Rubin Observatory Commissioning Camera: summit integration", Proc. SPIE 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, 121840J (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630184

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