On-sky performance of the robotic Focal Plane Systems (FPS) for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V

Richard W. Pogge; Mark Derwent; Christopher Brandon; Colby Jurgenson; Michael Engelman; Thomas O'Brien; Daniel Pappalardo; Julia Brady; Jacob McCloskey; Jon Shover; Jerry A. Mason; Ricardo Araujo; Mohamed Bouri; Jean-Paul Kneib; Luzius Kronig; Sarah E. Tuttle; Emily Farr; Jose Sanchez-Gallego; Conor Sayres; Juna A. Kollmeier; Solange Ramírez; Stefanie Wachter; Dmitry Bizyaev; Francis Cope; Katie Grabowski; Karen Kinemuchi; Viktor Malanushenko; Audrey Oravetz; Daniel Oravetz; Kaike Pan; Muwen Shi; Dylan Gatlin; Sophia Brunner; Felipe Besser; Consuelo Gonzalez Avila; Pablo Vera; Natalie Ulloa; John Wilson

doi:10.1117/12.2630061

29 August 2022 On-sky performance of the robotic Focal Plane Systems (FPS) for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V

Richard W. Pogge, Mark Derwent, Christopher Brandon, Colby Jurgenson, Michael Engelman, Thomas O'Brien, Daniel Pappalardo, Julia Brady, Jacob McCloskey, Jon Shover, Jerry A. Mason, Ricardo Araujo, Mohamed Bouri, Jean-Paul Kneib, Luzius Kronig, Sarah E. Tuttle, Emily Farr, Jose Sanchez-Gallego, Conor Sayres, Juna A. Kollmeier, Solange Ramírez, Stefanie Wachter, Dmitry Bizyaev, Francis Cope, Katie Grabowski, Karen Kinemuchi, Viktor Malanushenko, Audrey Oravetz, Daniel Oravetz, Kaike Pan, Muwen Shi, Dylan Gatlin, Sophia Brunner, Felipe Besser, Consuelo Gonzalez Avila, Pablo Vera, Natalie Ulloa, John Wilson

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Proceedings Volume 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; 1218411 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630061
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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We describe the on-sky performance of the robotic Focal Plane System (FPS) units that replace the fiber plug-plate systems at the Sloan and duPont telescopes for the SDSS-V survey. The first FPS was arrived at Apache Point in December 2021, and the second unit will be delivered to Las Campanas in spring 2022. Each FPS carries 500 zonal fiber positioners carrying three fibers: two science fibers for the BOSS and APOGEE spectrographs and a back-illuminated metrology fiber. The FPS enables the SDSS-V Milky Way and Black Hole Mapper surveys that will begin survey operations in 2022.

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Richard W. Pogge, Mark Derwent, Christopher Brandon, Colby Jurgenson, Michael Engelman, Thomas O'Brien, Daniel Pappalardo, Julia Brady, Jacob McCloskey, Jon Shover, Jerry A. Mason, Ricardo Araujo, Mohamed Bouri, Jean-Paul Kneib, Luzius Kronig, Sarah E. Tuttle, Emily Farr, Jose Sanchez-Gallego, Conor Sayres, Juna A. Kollmeier, Solange Ramírez, Stefanie Wachter, Dmitry Bizyaev, Francis Cope, Katie Grabowski, Karen Kinemuchi, Viktor Malanushenko, Audrey Oravetz, Daniel Oravetz, Kaike Pan, Muwen Shi, Dylan Gatlin, Sophia Brunner, Felipe Besser, Consuelo Gonzalez Avila, Pablo Vera, Natalie Ulloa, and John Wilson "On-sky performance of the robotic Focal Plane Systems (FPS) for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V", Proc. SPIE 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, 1218411 (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630061

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