Construction, testing, and commissioning of the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper telescope system

T. M. Herbst; Peter Bizenberger; Guillermo Blanc; Florian Briegel; Scott Case; Niv Drory; Tobias Feger; Cynthia Froning; Wolfgang Gaessler; Maximilian Häberle; Anthony Hebert; Juna Kollmeier; Nicholas Konidaris; Markus Kuhlberg; Alicia Lanz; Richard Mathar; Lars Mohr; Soojong Pak; Solange Ramírez; Christopher Ritz; Ralf-Rainer Rohloff; José Sánchez-Gallego; Paula Stȩpień; Stefanie Wachter; Ross Zhelem; Dmitry Bizyaev

doi:10.1117/12.2629354

Construction, testing, and commissioning of the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper telescope system

T. M. Herbst^*, Peter Bizenberger, Guillermo Blanc, Florian Briegel, Scott Case, Niv Drory, Tobias Feger, Cynthia Froning, Wolfgang Gaessler, Maximilian Häberle, Anthony Hebert, Juna Kollmeier, Nicholas Konidaris, Markus Kuhlberg, Alicia Lanz, Richard Mathar, Lars Mohr, Soojong Pak, Solange Ramírez, Christopher RitzRalf-Rainer Rohloff, José Sánchez-Gallego, Paula Stȩpień, Stefanie Wachter, Ross Zhelem, Dmitry Bizyaev

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Australian Astronomical Optics

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This paper presents an update on the construction, testing, and commissioning of the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper (LVM) telescope system. LVM is one of three surveys that form the fifth generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and it will employ a coordinated network of four, 16-cm telescopes feeding three fiber spectrographs at the Las Campanas Observatory. The goal is to spectrally map approximately 2500 square degrees of the Galactic plane with 37" spatial resolution and R∼4000 spectral resolution over the wavelength range 360-980 nm. LVM will also target the Magellanic Clouds and other Local Group galaxies.

Each of the four LVM telescopes consists of a two-mirror siderostat in alt-alt configuration feeding an optical breadboard. This produces a fixed, stable focal plane for the fiber-based Integral Field Unit (IFU). One telescope hosts the science IFU, while two others observe adjacent fields to calibrate geocoronal emission. The fourth telescope makes rapid observations of bright stars to compensate telluric absorption. The entrance slits of the spectrographs intersperse the fibers from all three types of telescope, producing truly simultaneous science and calibration exposures. We summarize the final design of the telescope system and report on its construction, alignment and testing in the laboratory.

We also describe our deployment plan for commissioning at LCO, anticipated for late 2022.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX
Editors	Heather K. Marshall, Jason Spyromilio, Tomonori Usuda
Place of Publication	Washington, DC
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	1-14
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510653467
ISBN (Print)	9781510653450
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629354
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX 2022 - Montreal, United States Duration: 17 Jul 2022 → 22 Jul 2022

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	12182
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	Montreal
Period	17/07/22 → 22/07/22

Keywords

LVM telescopes
telescope array
survey
Local Volume Mapper
SDSS-V

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Herbst, T. M., Bizenberger, P., Blanc, G., Briegel, F., Case, S., Drory, N., Feger, T., Froning, C., Gaessler, W., Häberle, M., Hebert, A., Kollmeier, J., Konidaris, N., Kuhlberg, M., Lanz, A., Mathar, R., Mohr, L., Pak, S., Ramírez, S., ... Bizyaev, D. (2022). Construction, testing, and commissioning of the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper telescope system. In H. K. Marshall, J. Spyromilio, & T. Usuda (Eds.), Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX (pp. 1-14). Article 121821Q (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 12182). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629354

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Herbst, TM, Bizenberger, P, Blanc, G, Briegel, F, Case, S, Drory, N, Feger, T, Froning, C, Gaessler, W, Häberle, M, Hebert, A, Kollmeier, J, Konidaris, N, Kuhlberg, M, Lanz, A, Mathar, R, Mohr, L, Pak, S, Ramírez, S, Ritz, C, Rohloff, R-R, Sánchez-Gallego, J, Stȩpień, P, Wachter, S, Zhelem, R & Bizyaev, D 2022, Construction, testing, and commissioning of the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper telescope system. in HK Marshall, J Spyromilio & T Usuda (eds), Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX., 121821Q, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 12182, SPIE, Washington, DC, pp. 1-14, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX 2022, Montreal, United States, 17/07/22. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629354

Construction, testing, and commissioning of the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper telescope system. / Herbst, T. M.; Bizenberger, Peter; Blanc, Guillermo et al.
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX. ed. / Heather K. Marshall; Jason Spyromilio; Tomonori Usuda. Washington, DC: SPIE, 2022. p. 1-14 121821Q (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 12182).

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