5 August 2024 Telescope control software and proto-model siderostat for the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper
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Abstract

The fifth Sloan Digital Sky Survey Local Volume Mapper (LVM) is a wide-field integral field unit survey that uses an array of four 160 mm fixed telescopes with siderostats to minimize the number of moving parts. An individual telescope observes the science or calibration field independently and is synchronized with the science exposure. We developed the LVM Acquisition and Guiding Package (LVMAGP)-optimized telescope control software program for LVM observations, which can simultaneously control four focusers, three K-mirrors, one fiber selector, four mounts (siderostats), and seven guide cameras. This software is built on a hierarchical architecture and the SDSS framework and provides three key sequences: autofocus, field acquisition, and autoguide. We designed and fabricated a proto-model siderostat to test the telescope pointing model and LVMAGP software. The mirrors of the proto-model were designed as an isogrid open-back type, which reduced the weight by 46% and enabled reaching thermal equilibrium quickly. In addition, deflection due to bolting torque, self-gravity, and thermal deformation was simulated, and the maximum scatter of the pointing model induced by the tilt of optomechanics was predicted to be 4′.4, which can be compensated for by the field acquisition sequence. We performed a real sky test of LVMAGP with the proto-model siderostat and obtained field acquisition and autoguide accuracies of 0″.38 and 1″.5, respectively. It met all requirements except for the autoguide specification, which will be resolved by more precise alignment among the hardware components at Las Campanas Observatory.

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Hojae Ahn, Florian Briegel, Jimin Han, Mingyu Jeon, Thomas M. Herbst, Sumin Lee, Woojin Park, Sunwoo Lee, Inhwan Jung, Tae-Geun Ji, Changgon Kim, Geon Hee Kim, Wolfgang Gaessler, Markus Kuhlberg, Hyun Chul Park, Soojong Pak, Nicholas P. Konidaris, Niv Drory, José R. Sánchez-Gallego, Cynthia S. Froning, Solange Ramirez, and Juna A. Kollmeier "Telescope control software and proto-model siderostat for the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 10(3), 037001 (5 August 2024). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.10.3.037001
Received: 22 December 2023; Accepted: 5 July 2024; Published: 5 August 2024
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Telescopes

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Control software

Equipment

Cameras

Mirrors

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