FMOS: the Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph: Part VII. Results of PIR engineering run

Masahiko Kimura; Toshinori Maihara; Fumihide Iwamuro; Masayuki Akiyama; Naoyuki Tamura; Naruhisa Takato; Kouji Ohta; Shigeru Eto

doi:10.1117/12.790252

11 July 2008 FMOS: the Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph: Part VII. Results of PIR engineering run

Masahiko Kimura, Toshinori Maihara, Fumihide Iwamuro, Masayuki Akiyama, Naoyuki Tamura, Naruhisa Takato, Kouji Ohta, Shigeru Eto

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Proceedings Volume 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II; 70145K (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790252
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) is the next common-use instrument of Subaru Telescope. FMOS consists of three subsystems; the Prime focus unit for Infrared (PIR), the fibre positioning system/connector units, and the two infrared spectrographs. The PIR was transferred to the Subaru Observatory in the spring of 2005 to check the optical performance on the telescope. As a result of the test observation, we found that the adjustment of the optical axis between PIR and the primary mirror was difficult with the initial design of the corrector alignment stage. Furthermore, the optical axis of the telescope moved over a little owing to an earthquake in Hawaii Island in Oct. 2006. Therefore we decided to modify mechanical structure of PIR, the corrector alignment stage as well as the cable wrapping system. This modification was completed in the summer of 2007. In this proceeding, we report the mechanical structure of the new PIR and the results of the engineering observations.

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Masahiko Kimura, Toshinori Maihara, Fumihide Iwamuro, Masayuki Akiyama, Naoyuki Tamura, Naruhisa Takato, Kouji Ohta, and Shigeru Eto "FMOS: the Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph: Part VII. Results of PIR engineering run", Proc. SPIE 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, 70145K (11 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790252

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