Commissioning instrument for the GTC

  • S. Cuevas
  • , B. Sánchez
  • , V. Bringas
  • , C. Espejo
  • , R. Flores
  • , O. Chapa
  • , G. Lara
  • , A. Chavoya
  • , G. Anguiano
  • , S. Arciniega
  • , A. Dorantes
  • , J. L. Gonzalez
  • , J. M. Montoya
  • , R. Toral
  • , H. Hernández
  • , R. Nava
  • , N. Devaney
  • , J. Castro
  • , L. Cavaller-Marqués

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

During the GTC integration phase, the Commissioning Instrument (CI) will be a diagnostic tool for performance verification. The CI features four operation modes: imaging, pupil imaging, Curvature WFS, and high resolution Shack-Hartmann WFS. This instrument was built by the Instituto de Astronomía UNAM and the Centro de Ingeniería y Desarrollo Industrial (CIDESI) under GRANTECAN contract after a public bid. In this paper we made a general instrument overview and we show some of the performance final results obtained when the Factory Acceptance tests previous to its transport to La Palma.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)102-106
Number of pages5
JournalRevista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias
Volume24
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
EventII International GTC Workshop: Science with GTC 1st-light Instruments and the LMT - Mexico, DF, Mexico
Duration: 16 Feb 200418 Feb 2004

Keywords

  • Instrumentation: Miscellaneous
  • Telescopes

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