NEWFIRM: the widefield IR imager for NOAO 4-m telescopes

Autry, Roy Gene; Probst, R.; Starr, Barry Michael; Abdel-Gawad, Khairy M.; Blakley, Rick Dale; Daly, P. N.; Dominguez, Ruben; Hileman, Edward A.; Liang, Ming; Pearson, Earl T.; Shaw, Richard A.; Tody, Doug

doi:10.1117/12.460419

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“…Risk studies for several large infrared spectrographs and imagers built at NOAO 11,12,13 and the extensive research carried out for conceptual designs 2 , provide the basis for the current discussion of risks. By far the greatest risk for this spectrograph is the immersion grating which is a new, untested technology.…”

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Design inputs for a high-performance high-resolution near-infrared spectrograph

Hinkle

Najita

2010

SPIE Proceedings

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The combination of immersion grating and infrared array detector technologies allows the construction of highresolution spectrographs in the near-infrared that have capabilities similar to those of optical spectrographs. It is possible, for instance, to design multi-object spectrographs with very large wavelength coverage and high throughput. We explored the science and functional drivers for these spectrograph designs. Several key inputs into the design are reviewed including risk, mechanical-optical trades, and operations. We discuss a design for a fixed configuration spectrograph with either 1.1 -2.5 or 3 -5 μm simultaneous wavelength coverage.

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Section: Risksmentioning

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Design inputs for a high-performance high-resolution near-infrared spectrograph

Hinkle

Najita

2010

SPIE Proceedings

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“…[7][8][9] Specifically, it was decided-at least for the high-level observation scheduling software-to adopt an existing package after a review of the state-of-the-art. We chose DRAMA 10 since this was compatible with Tcl/tk, which is heavily used in the GWC 11 infrastructure software at Kitt Peak.…”

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The NEWFIRM observing software: from design to implementation

Daly

Buchholz

Fitzpatrick

et al. 2008

Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II

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NEWFIRM is the wide-field infra-red mosaic camera just delivered and commissioned on the Mayall 4-m telescope on Kitt Peak. As with other major instrumentation projects, the software was part of a design, development, implementation and delivery strategy. In this paper, we describe the final implementation of the NEWFIRM software from acquisition within a MONSOON controller environment, directed by the observation control system, to the quick-look functionality at the telescope and final delivery of standardized data products via the pipeline. NEWFIRM is, therefore, the culmination of several years of design and development effort on several fronts.

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“…As stated above, MONSOON is more than a controller, but rather an image acquisition system. MONSOON has been specifically designed to meet and exceed the requirements of ORION (2k x 2k) InSb Development [2], NEWFIRM (4k x4k) [3], QUOTA (8k x 8k) [4], ODI (32k x 32k) [4], and LSST (45k x 45k) [5].…”

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MONSOON: Image Acquisition System or "Pixel Server"

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The MONSOON Image Acquisition System has been designed to meet the need for scalable, multichannel, high-speed image acquisition required for the next-generation optical and infared detectors and mosaic projects currently under development at NOAO as described in other papers at this proceeding such as ORION, NEWFIRM, QUOTA, ODI and LSST. These new systems with their large scale (64 to 2000 channels) and high performance (up to 1Gbyte/s) raise new challenges in terms of communication bandwidth, data storage and data processing requirements which are not adequately met by existing astronomical controllers. In order to meet this demand, new techniques for not only a new detector controller, but rather a new image acquisition architecture, have been defined. These extremely large scale imaging systems also raise less obvious concerns in previously neglected areas of controller design such as physical size and form factor issues, power dissipation and cooling near the telescope, system assembly/test/ integration time, reliability, and total cost of ownership. At NOAO we have taken efforts to look outside of the astronomical community for solutions found in other disciplines to similar classes of problems. A large number of the challenges raised by these system needs are already successfully being faced in other areas such as telecommunications, instrumentation and aerospace. Efforts have also been made to use true commercial off the shelf (COTS) system elements, and find truly technology independent solutions for a number of system design issues whenever possible. The Monsoon effort is an full-disclosure development effort by NOAO in collaboration with the CARA ASTEROID project for the benefit of the astronomical community.

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NEWFIRM: the widefield IR imager for NOAO 4-m telescopes

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Design inputs for a high-performance high-resolution near-infrared spectrograph

Design inputs for a high-performance high-resolution near-infrared spectrograph

The NEWFIRM observing software: from design to implementation

MONSOON: Image Acquisition System or "Pixel Server"

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