TY - JOUR
T1 - The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper telescope system
AU - Herbst, T. M.
AU - Bizenberger, Peter
AU - Blanc, Guillermo A.
AU - Briegel, Florian
AU - Drory, Niv
AU - Froning, Cynthia S.
AU - Gaessler, Wolfgang
AU - Häberle, Maximilian
AU - Konidaris, Nicholas P.
AU - Kuhlberg, Markus
AU - Lanz, Alicia
AU - Mathar, Richard
AU - Mohr, Lars
AU - Ramirez, Solange
AU - Ritz, Christopher
AU - Rohloff, Ralf-Rainer
AU - Sánchez-Gallego, José
AU - Wachter, Stefanie
AU - Ahn, Hojae
AU - Besser, Felipe
AU - Case, Scott
AU - Feger, Tobias
AU - Hebert, Anthony
AU - Kollmeier, Juna A.
AU - Pak, Soojong
AU - Rix, Hans-Walter
AU - Robertson, David
AU - Stępień, Paula
AU - Zhelem, Ross
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PY - 2024/12/1
Y1 - 2024/12/1
N2 - This paper presents the Local Volume Mapper (LVM) telescope system. LVM is one of three surveys that form the fifth generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V), and it employs a coordinated network of four, 16 cm diameter telescopes feeding integral field units (IFUs) leading to three fiber spectrographs. 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 for 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 describe the final design of the telescope system and report on its construction, alignment and testing in the laboratory, as well as the integration, testing, commissioning, and actual on-sky performance at Las Campanas Observatory.
AB - This paper presents the Local Volume Mapper (LVM) telescope system. LVM is one of three surveys that form the fifth generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V), and it employs a coordinated network of four, 16 cm diameter telescopes feeding integral field units (IFUs) leading to three fiber spectrographs. 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 for 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 describe the final design of the telescope system and report on its construction, alignment and testing in the laboratory, as well as the integration, testing, commissioning, and actual on-sky performance at Las Campanas Observatory.
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U2 - 10.3847/1538-3881/ad7948
DO - 10.3847/1538-3881/ad7948
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85205549388
SN - 0004-6256
VL - 168
SP - 1
EP - 34
JO - Astronomical Journal
JF - Astronomical Journal
IS - 6
M1 - 267
ER -