Software for Near-Infrared Tip-Tilt Sensor

Operations Software System

Notes and Draft Documents:

• Observing Operations Concept
  • link to KAON XXX: Observing Operations Concept Document (2/9/11 draft)
• AO Prediction Tool
• Guide Star Selection Tool
  • Tool modifications and effort estimate
  • TRICK_SgrAstar_lgs_starlist.lst: Example of possible AO guide star list modifications
• NIR Guide Star Acquisition, AO operation & coordination tools
  • Using ACAM only for adjusting telescope pointing
• Calibrations: Camera, Focusing, Sensor-TT Mirror Orientation, & Distortion Mapping
  • link to TRICK calibration procedures (2/15/11)
• Nodding, Dithering, Repositioning
• Background Measurement
• User Interfaces
• New Instrument FITS header
• Setup Tool Mods
• Telemetry Recorder System
• Optimization for Control loops, Correlation Algorithm

Miscellaneous Related Information

• Converting Magnitudes Between Catalogs
  • Transformations between 2MASS, SDSS and BVRI photometric systems, S. Bilir, et al., MNRAS, 2008
  • JWST-STScI-001410 Algorithms for Transforming GSC-II Magnitudes into the NIR 2008, Chayer, P. & Nelan, E.
• AO Guide star selection
  • NIRTTS_ScienceTargets.lst Star list with close asterism for testing AO guide star selection tool
  • IPAC Finder Chart web page

Preliminary Design Review (PDR) Documentation:

• Compilation of the the above notes

Controls System

Notes Draft Documents

• A.
• B.
• C.
• D.

-- ChrisNeyman - 15 Feb 2010

• AO_TRICK.pdf: Note on IR tracking for AO