nic scott Telescope Systems Scientist

Telescope update

The CHARA Science Meeting 2024 - Tucson

early enclosure ideas

CMAP

Astrohaven

• Street legal
• low ground clearance
• high tongue weight
• "chandalier" mechanism
• 5 shutters
• $400k

• rated for 30k lbs
• equalizer suspension
• no thru axle
• $600 (+$50k for Ash dome)

Construction Trailer

Mobile Telescope Transport (TR116)

Planewave

CMAP move & lift

Drive Upgrade

• MSIP

• Existing drives are ~25 years old & discontinued

• Reduce vibration, improve tuning

• Prototype assembly and short pivot arm done

• all 12 drives and motors (plus spare) in hand from Parker

• S2 EL drive assembly removed and reinstalled

• Spare Dojen obtained

• Install during daytime, but some nights needed for software and tuning

CHARIOT

(CHARA Array Integrated Optics Testbed)

collaboration with Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)

connectorized interchangable ULI optics

JHK bands

(Siliprandi, Labadie, Madhav, Dinkelaker, Thompson, Benoît)

Currently have two injection stages, CRED1 arrives ~April

Siliprandi et al. 2022

MIRX

MYSTIC

SILMARIL

SPICA

CHARIOT

PAVO

SPICA

VIS BEAMS

STS/STST