Rubin Observatory Simonyi Survey Telescope integrated mount performance

Brian Stalder; Freddy Munoz; Christian Aguilar; Claudio Araya; Karla Aubel; Jeffrey Barr; Anthony Borstad; Charles Claver; Andy W. Clements; Julio Constanzo; Giovanni Corvetto; Eric Coughlin; Felipe Daruich; Erik Dennihy; Holger Drass; Johnny Esteves; Juan Fábrega; Kevin Fanning; Peter Ferguson; Manuelangel Garcia Fernandez; Miguel Fernandez; Pelayo Fernandez Lobon; Merlin Fisher-Levine; Samuel Bellver Gamundi; Julen Garcia; Ivan Gonzalez; Ronald Harris; Hernan Herrera; Joshua Hoblitt; Alberto Izpizua; David Jimenez Mejias; Brian Johnson; Yijung Kang; Kshitija Kelkar; Craig Lage; Juan Lopez Toro; Guido Maulen; David Mills; Neill Mills; Doug Neill; Oscar Nunez; Ian Ordenes; Juan Orellana; HyeYun Park; Bruno Quint; Kevin Reil; Heinrich Reinking; Michael Reuter; Tiago Ribeiro; Rodrigo Rojas; Sandra Romero; Francisco Manuel Romero Casas; David Sanmartim; Clare Saunders; Bill Schoening; Jacques Sebag; Eduardo Serrano; Adrian Shestakov; Alysha Shugart; Christian Silva; Kevin Siruno; Ioana Sotuela; Anthony Tache; Diego Tapia; Sandrine Thomas; Roberto Tighe; Te-Wei Tsai; Elana Urbach; Luis Vergara; Christopher Walter

doi:10.1117/12.3019266

11 September 2024 Rubin Observatory Simonyi Survey Telescope integrated mount performance

Brian Stalder, Freddy Munoz, Christian Aguilar, Claudio Araya, Karla Aubel, Jeffrey Barr, Anthony Borstad, Charles Claver, Andy W. Clements, Julio Constanzo, Giovanni Corvetto, Eric Coughlin, Felipe Daruich, Erik Dennihy, Holger Drass, Johnny Esteves, Juan Fábrega, Kevin Fanning, Peter Ferguson, Manuelangel Garcia Fernandez, Miguel Fernandez, Pelayo Fernandez Lobon, Merlin Fisher-Levine, Samuel Bellver Gamundi, Julen Garcia, Ivan Gonzalez, Ronald Harris, Hernan Herrera, Joshua Hoblitt, Alberto Izpizua, David Jimenez Mejias, Brian Johnson, Yijung Kang, Kshitija Kelkar, Craig Lage, Juan Lopez Toro, Guido Maulen, David Mills, Neill Mills, Doug Neill, Oscar Nunez, Ian Ordenes, Juan Orellana, HyeYun Park, Bruno Quint, Kevin Reil, Heinrich Reinking, Michael Reuter, Tiago Ribeiro, Rodrigo Rojas, Sandra Romero, Francisco Manuel Romero Casas, David Sanmartim, Clare Saunders, Bill Schoening, Jacques Sebag, Eduardo Serrano, Adrian Shestakov, Alysha Shugart, Christian Silva, Kevin Siruno, Ioana Sotuela, Anthony Tache, Diego Tapia, Sandrine Thomas, Roberto Tighe, Te-Wei Tsai, Elana Urbach, Luis Vergara, Christopher Walter

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Proceedings Volume 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X; 1309409 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019266
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is an integrated survey system, currently under construction in Chile, to accomplish a 10-year optical survey of the southern sky. The 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope mount is nearing completion and undergoing final verification and performance testing. Since the system is optimized for etendue, the telescope mount slewing performance is particularly critical to overall survey efficiency. For example, this high performance mount is required to slew 3.5 degrees, on the sky, and settle in a 4-second period. Here an account of the mount subsystem is presented and selected dynamic performance results from on-site testing are described.

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Brian Stalder, Freddy Munoz, Christian Aguilar, Claudio Araya, Karla Aubel, Jeffrey Barr, Anthony Borstad, Charles Claver, Andy W. Clements, Julio Constanzo, Giovanni Corvetto, Eric Coughlin, Felipe Daruich, Erik Dennihy, Holger Drass, Johnny Esteves, Juan Fábrega, Kevin Fanning, Peter Ferguson, Manuelangel Garcia Fernandez, Miguel Fernandez, Pelayo Fernandez Lobon, Merlin Fisher-Levine, Samuel Bellver Gamundi, Julen Garcia, Ivan Gonzalez, Ronald Harris, Hernan Herrera, Joshua Hoblitt, Alberto Izpizua, David Jimenez Mejias, Brian Johnson, Yijung Kang, Kshitija Kelkar, Craig Lage, Juan Lopez Toro, Guido Maulen, David Mills, Neill Mills, Doug Neill, Oscar Nunez, Ian Ordenes, Juan Orellana, HyeYun Park, Bruno Quint, Kevin Reil, Heinrich Reinking, Michael Reuter, Tiago Ribeiro, Rodrigo Rojas, Sandra Romero, Francisco Manuel Romero Casas, David Sanmartim, Clare Saunders, Bill Schoening, Jacques Sebag, Eduardo Serrano, Adrian Shestakov, Alysha Shugart, Christian Silva, Kevin Siruno, Ioana Sotuela, Anthony Tache, Diego Tapia, Sandrine Thomas, Roberto Tighe, Te-Wei Tsai, Elana Urbach, Luis Vergara, and Christopher Walter "Rubin Observatory Simonyi Survey Telescope integrated mount performance", Proc. SPIE 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X, 1309409 (11 September 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019266

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