Initial Alignment and Commissioning Plan for the LSST

被引：0

作者：

Gressler, William J. ^{[1
]}

Sebag, Jacques ^{[1
]}

Claver, Chuck ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Opt Astron Observ, 950 N Cherry, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA

[2] LSST Corp, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA

来源：

GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE TELESCOPES IV | 2012年 / 8444卷

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

LSST; alignment; commissioning;

D O I：

10.1117/12.926657

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The planned construction and completion of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project consists of phased activities. The initial telescope construction period will transition to a multi-year commissioning phase, which will conclude with final hand off to science operations. The initial telescope alignment will utilize laser tracker fiducials and nodal aberration theory (NAT) to demonstrate Engineering First Light with a three-mirror optical system and test camera, prior to the integration of the science camera. This plan exploits the diffraction limited on-axis image quality of the three-mirror design. Commissioning consists of final integration of the three LSST subsystems (Telescope, Camera, and Data Management), followed by on-sky science verification to show compliance with the survey performance specifications.

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