VIRUS spectrograph assembly and alignment procedures Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • We describe the mechanical assembly and optical alignment processes used to construct the Visual Integral-Field Replicable Unit Spectrograph (VIRUS) instrument. VIRUS is a set of 150+ optical spectrographs designed to support observations for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX). To meet the instrument's manufacturing constraints, a production line will be set up to build subassemblies in parallel. To aid in the instrument's assembly and alignment, specialized fixtures and adjustment apparatuses have been developed. We describe the design and operations of the various optics alignment apparatuses, as well as the mirrors' alignment and bonding fixtures. 2012 SPIE.

name of conference

  • Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV

published proceedings

  • GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY IV

author list (cited authors)

  • Prochaska, T., Allen, R. D., Boster, E., DePoy, D. L., Herbig, B., Hill, G. J., ... Vattiat, B. L.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Prochaska, Travis||Allen, Richard D||Boster, Emily||DePoy, DL||Herbig, Benjamin||Hill, Gary J||Lee, Hanshin||Marshall, Jennifer L||Martin, Emily C||Meador, William||Rheault, Jean-Philippe||Tuttle, Sarah E||Vattiat, Brian L

editor list (cited editors)

  • McLean, I. S., Ramsay, S. K., & Takami, H.

publication date

  • September 2012