Mechanics of LIRIS (long-slit intermediate-resolution infrared spectrograph) at first commissioning

Hernandez, Elvio; Acosta-Pulido, Jose; Cadavid, Emilio; Correa, Santiago; Peraza, Lorenzo; Redondo, Pablo; Sanchez, Vicente; Tenegi, Fabio; Manchado, A.; Barreto, Mary
Referencia bibliográfica

Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy. Edited by Alan F. M. Moorwood and Iye Masanori. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5492, pp. 1510-1519 (2004).

Fecha de publicación:
9
2004
Número de autores
10
Número de autores del IAC
10
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Descripción
LIRIS is a near-infrared intermediate resolution spectrograph with added capabilities for multi-slit, imaging, coronography, and polarimetry, developed by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC). It will be a common user instrument for the Cassegrain focus of the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in La Palma. At its first commissioning, that was held in February 2003, the functionality of the mechanisms (entrance wheel, central wheels and camera wheel) under variable orientation of the telescope was verified, and no thermal nor structural problems arose. The functionality of the mechanical interface with telescope (allows for up to 5 mm of lateral displacements in the attachment plane), of the LIRIS handling trolley, of the transport equipment and of all the equipments used in the integration was also checked. For the second commissioning of LIRIS, which has been held in March 2004, some modifications have been done. The results of both commissionings were satisfactory.