The Vera C. Rubin Observatory 8.4m telescope calibration system status

Patrick Ingraham, Parker Fagrelius, Christopher W. Stubbs, Robert H. Lupton, Ming Liang, Doug Neill, Gary Muller, Charles F. Claver, Jacques Sebag, Sandrine Thomas, Russell Owen

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Abstract

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will perform precision photometry of resolved and unresolved objects over the visible sky at a 3-day cadence using an 8.4-meter diameter telescope that forms an image of the sky on a 3.2 Gigapixel focal plane array. Meeting and exceeding the photometric precision requirements is a significant challenge and necessitates the calibration and correction of multiple forms of systematic error. This paper describes multiple novel hardware systems that Rubin is developing to measure and compensate for numerous sources of systematic errors, particularly errors impacting photometry measurements.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationGround-Based and Airborne Telescopes IX
EditorsHeather K. Marshall, Jason Spyromilio, Tomonori Usuda
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510653450
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
EventGround-Based and Airborne Telescopes IX 2022 - Montreal, United States
Duration: Jul 17 2022Jul 22 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12182
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceGround-Based and Airborne Telescopes IX 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMontreal
Period7/17/227/22/22

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

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

Keywords

  • Vera C. Rubin Observatory
  • calibration
  • commissioning
  • control software
  • integration
  • photometry

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