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SDSS Engineering Papers

SDSS Engineering Papers

Contents

SDSS Telescope Technical Notes by Category

Telescope mount

The telescope is a 2.5-m altitude over azimuth design. The secondary truss elements are fabricated of carbon fiber reinforced plastic for high thermal stability. The Cassegrain instrument rotator is very large and covers almost all of the back of the primary support structure.

19970514  Basic telescope parameters
19980413  Design and analysis of the 2.5-m telescope instrument rotator
19990127  Rotation range for the 2.5-m Telescope
20011010  PSS access hatches: contents and rotator angles

Telescope drives

The telescope motions are implemented with rolling element bearings and friction-coupled drives and encoding. The quality of the drive components must be measured and understood to determine if the telescope tracking performance will be such that its scientific goals can be accomplished.

19920608  Telescope Tracking Smoothness
19940919  3.5-m Telescope Drive Measurements 
19940306  2.5-m Telescope Drive Measurements I: Azimuth drive disk
19941104  2.5-m Telescope Drive Measurements II
19941130  2.5-m Telescope Drive Measurements III
19950215  Measurements of 3.5-m Secondary Mirror Motions 
19950608  2.5-m Telescope Drive Measurements IV: acceptance testing
19970523  2.5-m telescope tracking error budget
19970527  2.5-m telescope pointing error budget
19970912  2.5-m telescope mirror actuator resolution
19990317  Procedure for removal/installation of the SDSS 2.5m primary mirror
20060111 Rotator Servo Tuning on the 2.5m Telescope

Plug-plate cartridges and science fiber harnesses

The optical fibers that transport light from the images of astronomical objects in the telescope focal plane to the spectrographs must be protected and properly positioned. The SDSS fiber system uses 640 optical fibers organized into 32 harnesses each containing 20 fibers. Each fiber is approximately 2 m long. The fibers are supported and protected by a large aluminum cartridge called a plug-plate cartridge.

19930517  Wear of a Stainless Steel Ferrule
19940311  Fiber Feed for the SDSS Spectrograph*
19950308  Ferrules and V-Groove Blocks Measurements
19960821  Slit-plate Deflection Testing
19970403  Fiber Harness Test Results
19970415  Using the SDSS Fiber Throughput Tester
19970416  Adjusting the SDSS Fiber Throughput Tester
19970730  Corrector/cartridge installation/removal procedures ...
19980203  Status of the Fiber Feed for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey*
19980815  Fiber-optic plug rotation
20020212  Cartridge Fiber Reach Limits

Optics and optical design

The 2.5-m telescope optical design produces good images over a 3 degree diameter field of view. The quality of the fabrication and support of the optics must be such that the optical design can be realized.

19940520  Primary Mirror Measurements
19950322  2.5-m Telescope Optical Prescription (old) 
19960113  Mirror Cleaning Experiment: I. Interim report
19960214  Analysis of temperature measurements
19960410  2.5-m telescope imaging optical design
19960616  2.5-m telescope light baffles
19961022  2.5-m telescope spectrographic optical design
19970320  Conical baffle measurements
19970703  Primary and secondary baffle measurements
19970728  Common corrector mount measurements
19971020  SDSS 2.5m telescope focal surface scale adjustment
19980215  SDSS 2.5-m telescope: light baffles*
19980416  SDSS 2.5-meter telescope: optics*
19980421  Support and adjustment of the internal light baffles
19980713  2.5-m primary mirror transverse support system
19980805  Primary astigmatism correction: I. axial supports
19980823  Primary astigmatism correction: II. edge forces
19980903  SDSS 2.5-m telescope secondary measurements 
19980908  Cleaning procedures for SDSS 2.5-m telescope optics
19981019  SDSS 2.5-m primary support system measurements
19990212  The SDSS 2.5-m Telescope Astigmatism Corrector
19990302  Moving Mirrors
19990324  The SDSS Spectrograph Guide Sensor
20011206  M1 Airflow Lab Tests
20011207  M1 Airflow Test Result Summary
20020924  M1 Measurements post-Aluminization

Plug-plate design and production

It is possible to obtain the spectra of a large number of astronomical objects concurrently by transporting their light via optical fibers from the focal surface of a telescope to the input of a spectrograph. One way to hold the fibers on the focal surface is by plugging them in holes previously drilled in a plate.

 Number      Title
 19891004  Gravity and Thermal Loading of Plug Plates
 19891124  Comments on Plug Board Design
19910814  Mechanical Properties of Ribbed Plastic Sleeves
19910912  Bending and Drilling Aluminum Plug Plates
19911019  Fiber Positioning System for the SDSS*
19920916  Results of the 1/92 Fermilab Drilling Tests
19930430  Results of the 3/93 Drilling Tests
19940412  Results of the 1/94 Drilling Tests
19941206  Full-scale Plug-plate Drilling Tests I: UW
19950130  Full-scale Plug-plate Drilling Tests II: Karsten
19950209  Full-scale Plug-plate Drilling Tests III: D-Velco
19960408  Full-scale Plug-plate Drilling Tests IV: UW
19960526  Full-scale Plug-plate Drilling Tests V: Karsten
19960708  Deformation of Plug-Plates to Match Focal Surface
19960805  Fitting Plug-Plates To The Surface Of Best Focus
19961230  Plug-Plate Bending in an Assembled Spectrograph Cartridge
19980127  Performance of the Fiber Positioning System ...*
19981113  Plug-plate coordinate system
19990112  Plug-plate distortion
19990622  Plug-plate hole tilt reexamined
19991012  How to measure Plug Plates

Infrared cloud scanner

Clouds, even when thin, can severely degrade certain types of astronomical observations. Such clouds cannot be detected easily on dark nights. The infrared cloud scanner produces images of cloud distribution independent of illumination.

19910801  IR All-Sky Camera
19950517  Performance of the SDSS Cloud Scanner I: the first movie
19971102  Infrared scanner coordinate system transformation
20020222 Sensitivity and Noise in the APO Cloud Camera

Miscellaneous

 Number      Title
19891013  Comments on Packaging the CCD Camera Array
19891228  Large Capacity Archival Data Storage
19910126  Imaging Survey Plan
19910528  Telescope enclosure and site development
19940310  SDSS Telescope Enclosure: Flow Visualization*
19950926  Conversion Factors, Material Properties and Constants
19961009  2.5-m telescope test plan
19970220  Miller Moth Behavior in Southern New Mexico
19970822  A 20-year summary of Sacramento Peak weather
19970901  Hipparcos Tycho catalog: surface density
 

* Titles followed by an asterisk are adapted from engineering papers and tend to be longer and more carefully written and edited.

SDSS Telescope Technical Notes by Date

 Number      Title
 
19891004  Gravity and Thermal Loading of Plug Plates
19891013  Comments on Packaging the CCD Camera Array
19891124  Comments on Plug Board Design
19891228  Large Capacity Archival Data Storage
19910126  Imaging Survey Plan
19910528  Telescope enclosure and site development
19910801  IR All-Sky Camera
19910814  Mechanical Properties of Ribbed Plastic Sleeves
19910912  Bending and Drilling Aluminum Plug Plates
19911019  Fiber Positioning System for the SDSS*
19920608  Telescope Tracking Smoothness
19920916  Results of the 1/92 Fermilab Drilling Tests
19930430  Results of the 3/93 Drilling Tests
19930517  Wear of a Stainless Steel Ferrule
19940306  2.5-m Telescope Drive Measurements I
19940310  SDSS Telescope Enclosure: Flow Visualization*
19940311  Fiber Feed for the SDSS Spectrograph*
19940412  Results of the 1/94 Drilling Tests
19940520  Primary Mirror Measurements
19940919  3.5-m Telescope Drive Measurements
19941104  2.5-m Telescope Drive Measurements II
19941130  2.5-m Telescope Drive Measurements III
19941206  Full-scale Plug-plate Drilling Tests I: UW
19950130  Full-scale Plug-plate Drilling Tests II: Karsten
19950209  Full-scale Plug-plate Drilling Tests III: D-Velco
19950215  Measurements of 3.5-m Secondary Mirror Motions
19950308  Ferrules and V-Groove Blocks Measurements
19950322  2.5-m Telescope Optical Prescription
19950517  Performance of the SDSS Cloud Scanner I: the first movie
19950608  2.5-m Telescope Drive Measurements IV: acceptance testing
19950926  Conversion Factors, Material Properties and Constants
19960113  Mirror Cleaning Experiment: I. Interim report
19960214  Analysis of temperature measurements
19960408  Full-scale Plug-plate Drilling Tests IV: UW
19960410  2.5-m telescope imaging optical design
19960526  Full-scale Plug-plate Drilling Tests V: Karsten
19960616  2.5-m telescope light baffles
19960708  Deformation of Plug-Plates to Match Focal Surface
19960805  Fitting Plug-Plates To The Surface Of Best Focus
19960821  Slit-plate Deflection Testing
19961009  2.5-m telescope test plan
19961022  2.5-m telescope spectrographic optical design
19961230  Plug-Plate Bending in an Assembled Spectrograph Cartridge
19970220  Miller Moth Behavior in Southern New Mexico
19970320  Conical baffle measurements
19970403  Fiber Harness Test Results
19970415  Using the SDSS Fiber Throughput Tester
19970416  Adjusting the SDSS Fiber Throughput Tester
19970514  Basic telescope parameters
19970523  2.5-m telescope tracking error budget
19970527  2.5-m telescope pointing error budget
19970703  Primary and secondary baffle measurements
19970728  Common corrector mount measurements
19970730  Corrector/cartridge installation/removal procedures ...
19970822  A 20-year summary of Sacramento Peak weather
19970901  Hipparcos Tycho catalog: surface density
19970912  2.5-m telescope mirror actuator resolution
19971020  SDSS 2.5m telescope focal surface scale adjustment
19971102  Infrared scanner coordinate system transformation
19980127  Performance of the Fiber Positioning System ...*
19980203  Status of the Fiber Feed for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey*
19980215  SDSS 2.5-m telescope: light baffles*
19980413  Design and analysis of the 2.5-m telescope instrument rotator
19980416  SDSS 2.5-meter telescope: optics*
19980421  Support and adjustment of the internal light baffles
19980713  2.5-m primary mirror transverse support system
19980805  Primary astigmatism correction: I. axial supports
19980815  Fiber-optic plug rotation
19980823  Primary astigmatism correction: II. edge forces
19980903  SDSS 2.5-m telescope secondary measurements
19980908  Cleaning procedures for SDSS 2.5-m telescope optics
19981019  SDSS 2.5-m primary support system measurements
19981113  Plug-plate coordinate system
19990112  Plug-plate distortion
19990127  Rotation range for the 2.5-m Telescope
19990212  The SDSS 2.5-m Telescope Astigmatism Corrector
19990302  Moving Mirrors
19990317  Procedure for removal/installation of the SDSS 2.5m primary mirror
19990324  The SDSS Spectrograph Guide Sensor
19990622  Plug-plate hole tilt reexamined
19991012  How to measure Plug Plates
20011010  PSS access hatches: contents and rotator angles
20011206  M1 Airflow Lab Tests
20011207  M1 Airflow Test Result Summary
20020212  Cartridge Fiber Reach Limits

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  m = month
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