Feasibility studies to upgrade the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope site for the next generation Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Kei Szeto; Mathieu Angers; Craig Breckenridge; Steven Bauman; Nathan Loewen; David Loop; Alan McConnachie; Jonh Pazder; Derrick Salmon; Paolo Spano; Siegfried Stiemer; Christian Veillet

doi:10.1117/12.926682

27 September 2012 Feasibility studies to upgrade the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope site for the next generation Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Kei Szeto, Mathieu Angers, Craig Breckenridge, Steven Bauman, Nathan Loewen, David Loop, Alan McConnachie, Jonh Pazder, Derrick Salmon, Paolo Spano, Siegfried Stiemer, Christian Veillet

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Proceedings Volume 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV; 84440W (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926682
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The Next Generation Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope is a dedicated, 10m aperture, wide-field, fiber-fed multiobject spectroscopic facility proposed as an upgrade to the existing Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea. The Next Generation Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope baseline concept assumes the new facility is built on the existing Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope telescope pier and enclosure pier and occupies the same three dimensional exterior “footprint”. Three technical studies have been planned to examine the validity of these assumptions. The technical studies are executed in series as they represent technical decision points in a logical sequence. The three technical studies in succession are: 1. Telescope Pier Study – Load Capacity and Structural Interface, 2. Enclosure Fixed Base Study – Telescope and Enclosure Configuration and Load Capacity and 3. Aero- Thermal Study – Dome Thermal Seeing and Air Flow Attenuation over the Enclosure Aperture Opening. The paper outlines the baseline facility (telescope, spectrograph and enclosure) concept and the status of these studies, and discusses the proposed telescope and enclosure configuration in terms of the redevelopment assumptions. A consolidated feasibility study report will be submitted to the CFHT Board and Science Advisory Committee in the Fall of 2012, with first light for the facility aiming to be in the early 2020s.

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Kei Szeto, Mathieu Angers, Craig Breckenridge, Steven Bauman, Nathan Loewen, David Loop, Alan McConnachie, Jonh Pazder, Derrick Salmon, Paolo Spano, Siegfried Stiemer, and Christian Veillet "Feasibility studies to upgrade the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope site for the next generation Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope", Proc. SPIE 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, 84440W (27 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926682

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