Honscheid, K;
Elliott, AE;
Buckley-Geer, E;
Abreshi, B;
Castander, F;
Da Costa, L;
Kent, S;
... Tarle, G; + view all
(2018)
The Desi Instrument Control Systems: Status and Early Testing.
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Proceedings of the Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy V; 107071D (2018).
SPIE: Austin, Texas, USA.
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Abstract
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is a new instrument currently under construction for the Mayall 4-m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. It will consist of a wide-field optical corrector with a 3.2 degree diameter field of view, a focal plane with 5,000 robotically controlled fiber positioners and 10 fiber-fed broad-band spectrographs. The DESI Instrument Control System (ICS) coordinates fiber positioner operations, interfaces to the Mayall telescope control system, monitors operating conditions, reads out the 30 spectrograph CCDs and provides observer support and data quality monitoring. In this article, we summarize the ICS design, review the current status of the project and present results from a multi-stage test plan that was developed to ensure the system is fully operational by the time the instrument arrives at the observatory in 2019.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | The Desi Instrument Control Systems: Status and Early Testing |
| Event: | SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781510619678 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2311927 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311927 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10060427 |
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