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The LSST Dome final design

Lead Author: 
DeVries, Joseph
Other Authors/Credits: 
Neill, D.R.; Barr, J.; De Lorenzi, S.; Marchiori, G.
Publication Date: 
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Conference Papers
SPIE
Project, Telescope and Site
dome
Publication-84
Link
J. DeVries ; D. R. Neill ; J. Barr ; Simone De Lorenzi and Gianpietro Marchiori " The LSST Dome final design ", Proc. SPIE 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, 99060N (July 27, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2233320; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233320
Journal or Publication name: 
SPIE Proceedings
Citable: 
no
Abstract: 
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is a large (8.4 meter) wide-field (3.5 degree) survey telescope, which will be located on the Cerro Pachón summit in Chile 1. As a result of the Telescope wide field of view, the optical system is unusually susceptible to stray light 2. In addition,...

The LSST Scheduler from design to construction

Lead Author: 
Delgado, Francisco
Other Authors/Credits: 
Reuter, Michael A.
Publication Date: 
Friday, July 15, 2016
Conference Papers
SPIE
Project, Telescope and Site
scheduler, systems engineering, control system
Publication-131
Link
Francisco Delgado and Michael A. Reuter " The LSST Scheduler from design to construction ", Proc. SPIE 9910, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI, 991013 (July 15, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2233630; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233630
Journal or Publication name: 
SPIE Proceedings
Citable: 
no
Abstract: 
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will be a highly robotic facility, demanding a very high efficiency during its operation. To achieve this, the LSST Scheduler has been envisioned as an autonomous software component of the Observatory Control System (OCS), that selects the sequence of...

A daytime measurement of the lunar contribution to the night sky brightness in LSST's ugrizy bands-initial results

Lead Author: 
Coughlin, Michael
Other Authors/Credits: 
Stubbs, Christopher; Claver, Chuck
Publication Date: 
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Journal Articles
Telescope and Site, Science
DOI 10.1007/S10686-016-9494-1
Journal or Publication name: 
Experimental Astronomy
Citable: 
no
Abstract: 
We report measurements from which we determine the spatial structure of the lunar contribution to night sky brightness, taken at the LSST site on Cerro Pachon in Chile. We use an array of six photodiodes with filters that approximate the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope's u, g, r, i, z, and y bands...

Monthly Progress Update for October 2015

Lead Author: 
Krabbendam, Victor
Publication Date: 
Monday, November 30, 2015
Reports to Stakeholders
Project, Camera, Data Management, Telescope and Site, Science
operations, sac, sensor
Report-221
Link
Citable: 
no

Monthly Progress Update for September 2015

Lead Author: 
Krabbendam, Victor
Publication Date: 
Friday, October 30, 2015
Reports to Stakeholders
Project, Camera, Telescope and Site, Science, Simulations
neo, earthquake, sensor, lens, construction, parameter
Report-211
Link
Citable: 
no

Curvature Wavefront Sensing for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Lead Author: 
Xin, Bo et al.
Other Authors/Credits: 
Claver, C.; Liang, M; Chandrasekharan, S.; Angeli, G.; Shipsey, I.
Publication Date: 
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Journal Articles
Project, Telescope and Site, Simulations
wavefront, optics, aos, sensor, algorithm
Link
Journal or Publication name: 
Applied Optics
Citable: 
Yes
Abstract: 

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will use an active optics system (AOS) to maintain alignment and surface figure on its three large mirrors. Corrective actions fed to the LSST AOS are determined from information derived from 4 curvature wavefront sensors located at the corners of the...

Monthly Progress Update for August 2015

Lead Author: 
Krabbendam, Victor
Publication Date: 
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Reports to Stakeholders
Project, Camera, Data Management, Education and Public Outreach, Telescope and Site, Simulations
Report-191
Link
Citable: 
no

Telescope and Site Update LSST2015

Lead Author: 
Thomas, Sandrine
Publication Date: 
Monday, August 17, 2015
Meeting presentations
Telescope and Site
Presentation-113
Link
Citable: 
no

Monthly Progress Update for June 2015

Lead Author: 
Krabbendam, Victor
Publication Date: 
Friday, July 31, 2015
Reports to Stakeholders
Project, Camera, Data Management, Telescope and Site, Operations Simulation
Report-171
Link
Citable: 
no

Celebrating the M1M3 Completion

Lead Author: 
Krabbendam, Victor
Publication Date: 
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Meeting presentations
Project, Telescope and Site
Document-17443
Link
Citable: 
no

LSST Inner Loop Controller (ILC) design and characterization

Lead Author: 
Wiecha, Oliver and Lotz, Paul
Publication Date: 
Thursday, August 7, 2014
SPIE
Project, Telescope and Site
Publication-21
Link
Journal or Publication name: 
SPIE Proceedings
Citable: 
no
Abstract: 
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) utilizes active optics on its three mirrors to maintain image quality. This paper describes the philosophy behind the design and characterization of the inner loop controllers for the LSST project. A custom approach was selected in order to satisfy the...

The LSST OCS scheduler design

Lead Author: 
Delgado, Francisco and Schumacher, German
Publication Date: 
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Conference Papers
SPIE
Project, Telescope and Site
Publication-33
Link
Journal or Publication name: 
SPIE Proceedings
Citable: 
no
Abstract: 
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is a complex system of systems with demanding performance and operational requirements. The nature of its scientific goals requires a special Observatory Control System (OCS) and particularly a very specialized automatic Scheduler. The OCS Scheduler is an...

Estimating dome seeing for LSST

Lead Author: 
Sebag, Jacques and Vogiatzis, Konstantinos
Publication Date: 
Monday, August 4, 2014
Conference Papers
SPIE
Telescope and Site
Publication-38
Link
Journal or Publication name: 
SPIE Proceedings
Citable: 
no
Abstract: 
Begin Dome seeing is a critical effect influencing the optical performance of ground based telescopes. A previously reported combination of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and optical simulations to model dome seeing was implemented for the latest LSST enclosure geometry. To this end, high...

Overview of the LSST active optics system

Lead Author: 
Neill, Douglas et al.
Other Authors/Credits: 
George Angeli ; Chuck Claver ; Ed Hileman ; Joseph DeVries ; Jacques Sebag ; Bo Xin
Publication Date: 
Monday, August 4, 2014
Conference Papers
SPIE
Telescope and Site
Publication-34
Link
Journal or Publication name: 
SPIE Proceedings
Citable: 
no
Abstract: 
The LSST will utilize an Active Optics System to optimize the image quality by controlling the surface figures of the mirrors (M1M3 and M2) and maintain the relative position of the three optical systems (M1M3 mirror, M2 mirror and the camera). The mirror surfaces are adjusted by means of figure...

Real time wavefront control system for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)

Lead Author: 
Angeli, George Z. et al.
Other Authors/Credits: 
Bo Xin ; Charles Claver ; Douglas MacMartin ; Douglas Neill ; Matthew Britton ; Jacques Sebag ; Srinivasan Chandrasekharan
Publication Date: 
Monday, August 4, 2014
Conference Papers
SPIE
Telescope and Site
Publication-36
Link
Journal or Publication name: 
SPIE Proceedings
Citable: 
no
Abstract: 
The LSST is an integrated, ground based survey system designed to conduct a decade-long time domain survey of the optical sky. It consists of an 8-meter class wide-field telescope, a 3.2 Gpixel camera, and an automated data processing system. In order to realize the scientific potential of the LSST...

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Financial support for Rubin Observatory comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Cooperative Agreement No. 1258333, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded Rubin Observatory Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA).  The DOE-funded effort to build the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science. NSF supports basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.
NSF and DOE will continue to support Rubin Observatory in its Operations phase. They will also provide support for scientific research with LSST data.   




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