ULTIMATE-Subaru GLAO star simulator: a Cassegrain mounted wave front sensor calibration source

Nicholas Herrald; Yosuke Minowa; Yoko Tanaka; Hajime Ogane; Yoshito Ono; Koki Terao; Celine D'Orgeville; David Chandler; Dionne Haynes; Noelia Martinez; Lu Wang

doi:10.1117/12.3018161

27 August 2024 ULTIMATE-Subaru GLAO star simulator: a Cassegrain mounted wave front sensor calibration source

Nicholas Herrald, Yosuke Minowa, Yoko Tanaka, Hajime Ogane, Yoshito Ono, Koki Terao, Celine D'Orgeville, David Chandler, Dionne Haynes, Noelia Martinez, Lu Wang

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Proceedings Volume 13097, Adaptive Optics Systems IX; 130975N (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018161
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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Abstract

The Ultimate-GLAO project for the Subaru Telescope requires a set of calibration sources and alignment fiducials for the cassegrain mounted, natural and laser guide star wave-front sensors. The availability of a replica Cassegrain structure (called the Cassegrain Simulator) at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) base in Hilo, usually used to check interface compatibility with Cassegrain mounted instruments, led naturally to the concept of an ”on telescope” calibration source. The calibration system consists of a set of modular light sources which simulate the optical behaviour of the telescope, for actual sources at various altitudes (to cover laser and natural guide star sources). The Cassegrain Simulator allows motion in elevation, allowing gravity flexure of the wave front sensors to be calibrated also. A key advantage of this approach to the wave front sensor system alignment and calibration is the substantial reduction of engineering time on the telescope during the Ultimate-GLAO system assembly, integration and test (AIT) activities. Alignment and calibration activities performed at the NAOJ base are also far more efficient than those performed at the summit. This paper will discuss the concept and planned implementation of the so called ”Star Simulator” and present analysis to justify the design.

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Nicholas Herrald, Yosuke Minowa, Yoko Tanaka, Hajime Ogane, Yoshito Ono, Koki Terao, Celine D'Orgeville, David Chandler, Dionne Haynes, Noelia Martinez, and Lu Wang "ULTIMATE-Subaru GLAO star simulator: a Cassegrain mounted wave front sensor calibration source", Proc. SPIE 13097, Adaptive Optics Systems IX, 130975N (27 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018161

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