Title: IMACS: InamoriMagellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph
1IMACSInamori-Magellan Areal Camera and
Spectrograph
- Magellan SAC Status Report
- 17/18 May 2003
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2IMACS project team A. Dressler Pr.
Investigator B. Bigelow Instrument
Scientist B. Sutin, H. Epps Optical
des./eng. B. Bigelow, T. Hare S. Gunnels, G.
Luppino, R. Cleary Mechanical des. V.
Kowal, R. Storts, J. Castillo Mechanical fab. A.
Bagish, D. Carr, J. Asa Electronics G.
Burley, I. Thompson, J. Estrada Detector
systems C. Birk, K. Clardy Software eng.
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5Optics Status Field lens and Collimator optics
done, installed f/4 camera optics done,
installed f/2 camera optics done,
installed Grisms 200 l/mm done,
installed 300 l/mm ready to mount in
cell 600 l/mm ready to mount in
cell Filters 2 sets, CTIO B,V,I, done,
installed 2 sets of CTIO R done,
installed CTIO U (LCAM) awaits ADC
coating new since last report
6 Optics Status cont. Imaging Mirrors Ag mirror
installed Al mirror ready to
mount Echellette Optics Grating done Prism
(Zygo) due end of May Durham IFU due end
of May
7Current grating selection
8Mechanical Engineering Status Guide camera
stages (Hare) done, mounted Calibration lamp
system (Hare) done, mounting IP Mask server
(Bigelow) done, mounted Field Lens
(Hare) done, mounted Shutters (Hare) done,
mounted Filter servers (All hands...) done,
mounted Disperser server (Hare) done,
mounted - 6 Grating cells (Bigelow) done,
mounted - 3 Grism cells (Bigelow) 1 done, 2
IP - 2 Mirror cells (Bigelow) 1 done, 1 IP
9IFU mass dummy and old center field guider
10New center-field guide camera stage
114 of 6 grating cells
12Grating cell mounted in tilt mechanism, on DSS
wheel
13Mechanical Engineering cont. Collimator mech.
(Bigelow) done f/4 camera opto-mech.
(Bigelow) done f/2 camera opto-mech.
(Bigelow) done Dewar (Luppino) done Instrume
nt Structure (Gunnels) done Instrument Carriage
(Gunnels) done Instrument Enclosures
(Gunnels) done Instrument Utility wrap
(Gunnels) done
14Changing the oil in the short camera quartet
15Short camera with quartet installed
16Installing the f/2 camera
17200 l/mm grism in cell, on DSS wheel
18Science array CCDs installed in dewar
19Dewar integrated with SA controller
20Grism spectra with Gus mask
21Flexure map, f/2 camera, imaging mode
22Flexure map, f/4 camera, imaging mode
23Electronic Engineering (Baggish) Schematics
design (all motion stages) done (4) Motion
control (MC) chassis, done (1) Power supply
chassis, done (1) Shutter control
chassis done (2) Electronics racks for
chassis done (2) SA FC power supply
chassis done (2) Guider power supply
chassis done Instr. wiring harnesses done Tem
perature, pressure, voltage sensors IP
24Detector systems Flexure sensor
detectors - First light on first sensor
5/15/03! Science array CCD/controller
performance - SITe RN spec 4.5e- min lt 5.2e-
typ lt 6.5e- max, 20us/px - Measured single chip
RN 3.5e- at 10us/px - Full array 4.8e- at
10us/px (estimate, not optimized) - No
measurable crosstalk - CCD operating
temperature -110C - Column-wise image bleeding
- in CCDs? - Additional cold room testing in
May
25First light image from one of two flexure control
detectors in the IMACS focal plane.
26Software Instrument Control (Birk) Individual
module testing Module GUI status SW/HW
Int. Pr. Guider done done SH
guider done done CF guider done IP Slit
Mask Server done done Disperser
Server done done Long Camera
Focus done done Filter Servers
(2) done done Flexure Control
(LUT) done done Detector Focus done done HP
Sensor System done IP
27Software Instrument Control cont. Test and
integration instrument control - One GUI at
this level, showing all critical aspects of
each module ready to ship User Level
Software - Two GUIs at this level -
Instrument control interface ready to ship -
Graphical Instr. Status Display ready to ship
28Software Science Array Control (Birk) Shutter
control - micro-controller for linear
motors done CCD readout / camera control -
ccdserver for array readout ready to ship -
camgui for user interface ready to
ship Quick-Look Tool ready to ship
29Coming up - Function and performance testing
(in progress) - Cold testing of mechanisms (in
progress) - Cold testing of optical systems
- Thermal focus look-up table for f/4 camera
- Flexure maps and control loops (open and
closed) - Plumbing of liquid cooling system (in
progress) - Installation of air over-pressure
and circulation systems - Mounting of last two
grisms and Al imaging mirror - Design of
echellette opto-mechanics - Final test and
integration of FC detectors (wing chips)
30Shipping and installation - Pre-shipment review
5/28/03 - External reviewers - Harland Epps,
UCSC - Jerry Nelson, UCSC - Dan Fabricant,
Harvard/SAO - Bob Fata, Harvard/SAO -
Disassembly starts week of 6/16/03 - Shipment to
Long Beach on 7/1/03 - Columbus voyage 357
departs 7/5/03, arrives 7/23/03 - Container
arrives at LCO on or around 8/1/03
31Shipping and installation Continued -
Installation preparation starts 8/1/03 -
Installation time runs 8/6 - 8/18 Local
Preparations - Installation schedule (Bigelow)
90 - Commissioning schedule (Dressler,
Oemler) IP - Shipping plan (Bigelow) IP -
LCO Support agreement (Bigelow, Dressler) IP -
Shipping crates and containers (OCIW) 90
32Shipping and installation - Instrument
document suite (all web-based) - Engineering
manual drawings IP - Electronics manual
schematics IP - Software manual IP -
Detector systems manual IP - Users
manual IP