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Prime focus instrument of prime focus spectrograph for Subaru telescope
Author(s): Shiang-Yu Wang; David F. Braun; Mark A. Schwochert; Pin-Jie Huang; Masahiko Kimura; Hsin-Yo Chen; Daniel J. Reiley; Peter Mao; Charles D. Fisher; Naoyuki Tamura; Yin-Chang Chang; Yen-Sang Hu; Hung-Hsu Ling; Chih-Yi Wen; Richard C.-Y. Chou; Naruhisa Takato; Hajime Sugai; Youichi Ohyama; Hiroshi Karoji; Atsushi Shimono; Akitoshi Ueda
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Paper Abstract

The Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) is a new optical/near-infrared multi-fiber spectrograph design for the prime focus of the 8.2m Subaru telescope. PFS will cover 1.3 degree diameter field with 2394 fibers to complement the imaging capability of Hyper SuprimeCam (HSC). The prime focus unit of PFS called Prime Focus Instrument (PFI) provides the interface with the top structure of Subaru telescope and also accommodates the optical bench in which Cobra fiber positioners are located. In addition, the acquisition and guiding (AG) cameras, the optical fiber positioner system, the cable wrapper, the fiducial fibers, illuminator, and viewer, the field element, and the telemetry system are located inside the PFI. The mechanical structure of the PFI was designed with special care such that its deflections sufficiently match those of the HSC’s Wide Field Corrector (WFC) so the fibers will stay on targets over the course of the observations within the required accuracy.

Paper Details

Date Published: 24 July 2014
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91475Q (24 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2057247
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Shiang-Yu Wang, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
David F. Braun, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Mark A. Schwochert, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Pin-Jie Huang, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Masahiko Kimura, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Hsin-Yo Chen, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Daniel J. Reiley, California Institute of Technology (United States)
Peter Mao, California Institute of Technology (United States)
Charles D. Fisher, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Naoyuki Tamura, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Yin-Chang Chang, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Yen-Sang Hu, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Hung-Hsu Ling, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Chih-Yi Wen, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Richard C.-Y. Chou, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Naruhisa Takato, Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (United States)
Hajime Sugai, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Youichi Ohyama, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Hiroshi Karoji, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Atsushi Shimono, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Akitoshi Ueda, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9147:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)

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