The Astronomical Journal (Jan 2024)
The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper Telescope System
- T. M. Herbst,
- Peter Bizenberger,
- Guillermo A. Blanc,
- Florian Briegel,
- Niv Drory,
- Cynthia S. Froning,
- Wolfgang Gaessler,
- Maximilian Häberle,
- Nicholas P. Konidaris,
- Markus Kuhlberg,
- Alicia Lanz,
- Richard Mathar,
- Lars Mohr,
- Solange Ramirez,
- Christopher Ritz,
- Ralf-Rainer Rohloff,
- José Sánchez-Gallego,
- Stefanie Wachter,
- Hojae Ahn,
- Felipe Besser,
- Scott Case,
- Tobias Feger,
- Anthony Hebert,
- Juna A. Kollmeier,
- Soojong Pak,
- Hans-Walter Rix,
- David Robertson,
- Paula Stępień,
- Ross Zhelem
Affiliations
- T. M. Herbst
- ORCiD
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Peter Bizenberger
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Guillermo A. Blanc
- ORCiD
- Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science , 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA; Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile , Camino del Observatorio 1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
- Florian Briegel
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Niv Drory
- ORCiD
- McDonald Observatory, The University of Texas at Austin , 1 University Station, Austin, TX 78712-0259, USA
- Cynthia S. Froning
- ORCiD
- Southwest Research Institute , 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, USA
- Wolfgang Gaessler
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Maximilian Häberle
- ORCiD
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Nicholas P. Konidaris
- ORCiD
- Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science , 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
- Markus Kuhlberg
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Alicia Lanz
- Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science , 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
- Richard Mathar
- ORCiD
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Lars Mohr
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Solange Ramirez
- Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science , 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
- Christopher Ritz
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Ralf-Rainer Rohloff
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- José Sánchez-Gallego
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy, University of Washington , Box 351580, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Stefanie Wachter
- Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science , 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
- Hojae Ahn
- ORCiD
- School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University , 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- Felipe Besser
- Las Campanas Observatory , Raúl Bitrán 1200, La Serena, 1720238 Región de Coquimbo, Chile
- Scott Case
- Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University , 105 Delhi Road, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia
- Tobias Feger
- ORCiD
- Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University , 105 Delhi Road, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia
- Anthony Hebert
- Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science , 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
- Juna A. Kollmeier
- ORCiD
- Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science , 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA; Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON M5S 98H, Canada
- Soojong Pak
- ORCiD
- School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University , 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- Hans-Walter Rix
- ORCiD
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- David Robertson
- Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University , 105 Delhi Road, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia
- Paula Stępień
- Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Ross Zhelem
- Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University , 105 Delhi Road, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad7948
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 168,
no. 6
p. 267
Abstract
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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