Commissioning Plans
Outline:
Through a series of observing runs, characterize the instrument and develop and test the automated operation.
Current Major Items:
- Re-acquire pointing model data once secondary stabilized (should be done with SEDM RC)
- Instrument Throughput: characterize both spectroscopic and photometric throughputs (Don, Nadia)
- throughput now characterized with Standard stars.
- Operational Efficiency: characterize procedures that will optimize target observing (Don, Nadia, Richard)
- pointing still limits acquisition and requires astrometry.net interaction. Consuming ~40s of overhead per science target.
Completed Items:
- Fix secondary vacuum system to improve pointing stability (Oct 13-17, 2016)
- Re-acquire pointing model data once secondary stabilized (Done with testing camera, Oct 13-17, 2016)
- IFU optics stabilized by clamp that replaces spring
- Calibration Lamps: now fully automated
- DRP wavelengths: calibrated using Xe, Cd, and Hg arc observations
- RC photometry: automated pipeline completed
- Instrument Control: robotically operated
- Data Reduction: photometry is completely automated, spectroscopy required minimal interaction
Commissioning Reports:
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DonNeill - 19 Nov 2015