Final design and assembly of the GHOST Cassegrain unit

Ross Zhelem*, Vladimir Churilov, Yuriy Kondrat, Lewis Waller, Jon Lawrence, Michael Edgar, Gabriella Baker, Tony Farrel, Peter Young, Jon Nielsen, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Urs Klauser, Naveen Pai, Michael Ireland, Andrew Sheinis, Gordon Robertson, Scott Case, Richard Mcdermid

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Abstract

GHOST is a high resolution spectrograph system currently being built for the Gemini South Observatory in Chile. In the Cassegrain unit, the observational targets are acquired on integral field units and guided during science exposures, feeding the fiber cable to the temperature-stabilized echelle spectrograph. The Cassegrain unit is mounted on the Gemini telescope, and consists of a main structural plate, the two object positioners and ballast frame. The image from each of the two science beams passes through a field lens and a mini-atmospheric dispersion corrector and is then captured by the integral field unit. The positioner moves each corrector-integral field unit assembly across the focal surface of the telescope. The main structural plate provides the interface for the positioner and ballast frame to the telescope structure. In this paper we describe the final design and assembly of the GHOST Cassegrain unit and report on the outcome of on-sky testing at the telescope in Chile.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGround-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
EditorsChristopher J. Evans, Luc Simard, Hideki Takami
Place of PublicationBellingham, Washington
PublisherSPIE
Pages1-16
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781510619586
ISBN (Print)9781510619579
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jul 2018
EventGround-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII 2018 - Austin, United States
Duration: 10 Jun 201814 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE
Volume10702
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceGround-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period10/06/1814/06/18

Keywords

  • spectrograph Gemini ADC positioner high-resolution IFU

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