Rubin commissioning camera: Integration, functional testing, and lab performance

Brian Stalder; Kevin Reil; Chuck Claver; Ming Liang; Tei Wei Tsai; Travis Lange; Justine Haupt; Oliver Wiecha; Margaux Lopez; Gary Poczulp; Diane Hascall; Douglas Neill; Jacques Sebag; Brian Johnson; Neill Mills; Myung Cho; Homer Neal; Scott Newbry; Shawn Osier; Rafe Schindler; Dmitry Onoprienko; Anthony Johnson; R. Glenn Morris; Max Turri; Alan Eisner; Stephen Cisneros; Van Xiong; Michael Huffer; Gregg Thayer; Ronald Harris; Anthony Borstad; Anthony Tache; William Schoening; J. Anthony Tyson; Craig Lage; Merlin Fisher-Levin; Robert Lupton; Andres Plazas; Felipe Menanteau; Htut Khine Htay; Stephen Pietrowicz; James Howard

doi:10.1117/12.2561132

Rubin commissioning camera: Integration, functional testing, and lab performance

Brian Stalder
, Kevin Reil
, Chuck Claver
, Ming Liang
, Tei Wei Tsai
, Travis Lange
, Justine Haupt
, Oliver Wiecha
, Margaux Lopez
, Gary Poczulp
, Diane Hascall
, Douglas Neill
, Jacques Sebag
, Brian Johnson
, Neill Mills
, Myung Cho
, Homer Neal
, Scott Newbry
, Shawn Osier
, Rafe Schindler

Dmitry Onoprienko, Anthony Johnson, R. Glenn Morris, Max Turri, Alan Eisner, Stephen Cisneros, Van Xiong, Michael Huffer, Gregg Thayer, Ronald Harris, Anthony Borstad, Anthony Tache, William Schoening, J. Anthony Tyson, Craig Lage, Merlin Fisher-Levin, Robert Lupton, Andres Plazas, Felipe Menanteau, Htut Khine Htay, Stephen Pietrowicz, James Howard

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Abstract

Rubin Observatory's Commissioning Camera (ComCam) is a 9 CCD direct imager providing a testbed for the final telescope system just prior to its integration with the 3.2-Gigapixel LSSTCam.¹ ComCam shares many of the same subsystem components with LSSTCam in order to provide a smaller-scale, but high-fidelity demonstration of the full system operation. In addition, a pathfinder version of the LSSTCam refrigeration system is also incorporated into the design. Here we present an overview of the final as-built design, plus initial results from performance testing in the laboratory. We also provide an update to the planned activities in Chile both prior to and during the initial first-light observations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
Editors	Christopher J. Evans, Julia J. Bryant, Kentaro Motohara
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510636811
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561132
State	Published - 2020
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: Dec 14 2020 → Dec 22 2020

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	11447
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	12/14/20 → 12/22/20

Keywords

Commissioning
Direct imager
Instrumentation
Rubin observatory
Telescope construction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Stalder, B., Reil, K., Claver, C., Liang, M., Tsai, T. W., Lange, T., Haupt, J., Wiecha, O., Lopez, M., Poczulp, G., Hascall, D., Neill, D., Sebag, J., Johnson, B., Mills, N., Cho, M., Neal, H., Newbry, S., Osier, S., ... Howard, J. (2020). Rubin commissioning camera: Integration, functional testing, and lab performance. In C. J. Evans, J. J. Bryant, & K. Motohara (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII Article 114470L (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11447). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561132

Rubin commissioning camera: Integration, functional testing, and lab performance. / Stalder, Brian; Reil, Kevin; Claver, Chuck et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII. ed. / Christopher J. Evans; Julia J. Bryant; Kentaro Motohara. SPIE, 2020. 114470L (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11447).

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Stalder, B, Reil, K, Claver, C, Liang, M, Tsai, TW, Lange, T, Haupt, J, Wiecha, O, Lopez, M, Poczulp, G, Hascall, D, Neill, D, Sebag, J, Johnson, B, Mills, N, Cho, M, Neal, H, Newbry, S, Osier, S, Schindler, R, Onoprienko, D, Johnson, A, Morris, RG, Turri, M, Eisner, A, Cisneros, S, Xiong, V, Huffer, M, Thayer, G, Harris, R, Borstad, A, Tache, A, Schoening, W, Tyson, JA, Lage, C, Fisher-Levin, M, Lupton, R, Plazas, A, Menanteau, F, Htay, HK, Pietrowicz, S & Howard, J 2020, Rubin commissioning camera: Integration, functional testing, and lab performance. in CJ Evans, JJ Bryant & K Motohara (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII., 114470L, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11447, SPIE, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII 2020, Virtual, Online, United States, 12/14/20. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561132

Stalder B, Reil K, Claver C, Liang M, Tsai TW, Lange T et al. Rubin commissioning camera: Integration, functional testing, and lab performance. In Evans CJ, Bryant JJ, Motohara K, editors, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII. SPIE. 2020. 114470L. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2561132

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