NFIRAOS integration phase: planning for capacity, integration, and other logistics

Jenny Atwood; David Andersen; Glen Herriot; Peter W. Byrnes; Jean-Pierre Veran; Jeffrey Crane

doi:10.1117/12.3019334

23 August 2024 NFIRAOS integration phase: planning for capacity, integration, and other logistics

Jenny Atwood, David Andersen, Glen Herriot, Peter W. Byrnes, Jean-Pierre Veran, Jeffrey Crane

Proceedings Volume 13099, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy XI; 130991M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019334
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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Abstract

NFIRAOS (Narrow-Field InfraRed Adaptive Optics System) will be the first-light multi-conjugate adaptive optics system for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). The system will be built, tested, and integrated with the first instrument, IRIS (InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph), at Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics (HAA) in Victoria BC. NFIRAOS is a complex instrument that will require careful integration planning to meet cost, schedule and performance deliverables. HAA has purpose-built a new facility for the integration of NFIRAOS. We present the key features of this building, and their roles during the assembly, integration, and test phase (AIV). NFIRAOS and IRIS will be fully operational in Victoria, including providing calibration sources, and able to close the adaptive optics (AO) loops with the IRIS On-Instrument Wavefront sensors. NFIRAOS will then be disassembled and shipped to TMT for final construction and commissioning, which requires navigating some logistical challenges.

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Jenny Atwood, David Andersen, Glen Herriot, Peter W. Byrnes, Jean-Pierre Veran, and Jeffrey Crane "NFIRAOS integration phase: planning for capacity, integration, and other logistics", Proc. SPIE 13099, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy XI, 130991M (23 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019334

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