Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) for Subaru Telescope: progressing final steps to science operation

Naoyuki Tamura; Yuki Moritani; Kiyoto Yabe; Yuki Ishizuka; Yukiko Kamata; Ali Allaoui; Akira Arai; Stéphane Arnouts; Robert H Barkhouser; Rudy Barette; Eddie Bergeron; Patrick Blanchard; Neven Caplar; Michael Carle; Pierre-Yves Chabaud; Yin-Chang Chang; Hsin-Yo Chen; Chueh-Yi Chou; Judith G. Cohen; Ricardo L. da Costa; Thibaut Crauchet; Rodorigo P. de Almeida; Antonio Cesar C. de Oliveira; Ligia S. de Oliveira; Kjetil Dohlen; Leandro Henrique H. dos Santos; Richard S. Ellis; Steve Ertel; Maximilian Fabricius; Décio Ferreira; Hisanori Furusawa; Javier Garciá-Carpio; Wilfred Gee; Mirek Golebiowski; Aidan Gray; James E. Gunn; Satoshi Hamano; Randolph P. Hammond; Albert Harding; Kota Hayashi; Wanqiu He; Timothy M. Heckman; Stephen C Hope; Shu-Fu Hsu; Pin-Jie Huang; Miho N. Ishigaki; Marc Jaquet; Eric Jeschke; Christian Kragh K. Jespersen; Yipeng Jeng; Russell Kackley; Jennifer L. Karr; Satoshi Kawanomoto; Masahiko Kimura; Michitaro Koike; Eiichiro Komatsu; Shintaro Koshida; Yusei Koyama; Vincent Le Brun; Arnaud Le Fur; David Le Mignant; Gerald Lemson; Yen-Ting Lin; Hung-Hsu Ling; Craig P. Loomis; Robert H. Lupton; Fabrice Madec; Danilo Marchesini; Lucas S. Marrara; Dmitry Medvedev; Sogo Mineo; Arik Mitschang; Satoshi Miyazaki; Kumiko Morihana; Takahiro Morishima; Hitoshi Murayama; Graham J. Murray; Ssakurako Okamoto; Hirofumi Okita; Masato Onodera; Josh Peebles; Paul Price; Tae-Soo Pyo; Lucio Ramos; Daniel J. Reiley; Martin Reinecke; Mitsuko Roberts; Josemar A. Rosa; Julien P. Rousselle; Kody Rubio; Kiaina Schubert; Michael D. Seiffert; Jared Siegel; Stephen A. Smee; Laerte Sodré Jr.; Michael A. Strauss; Christian Surace; Masahiro Takada; Yuhei Takagi; Masayuki Tanaka; Yoko Tanaka; Aniruddha R. Thakar; Didier Vibert; Shiang-Yu Wang; Chih-Yi Wen; Suzanne Werner; Matthew Wung; Chi-Hung Yan; Naoki Yasuda; Hiroshige Yoshida

doi:10.1117/12.3015967

19 July 2024 Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) for Subaru Telescope: progressing final steps to science operation

Naoyuki Tamura, Yuki Moritani, Kiyoto Yabe, Yuki Ishizuka, Yukiko Kamata, Ali Allaoui, Akira Arai, Stéphane Arnouts, Robert H Barkhouser, Rudy Barette, Eddie Bergeron, Patrick Blanchard, Neven Caplar, Michael Carle, Pierre-Yves Chabaud, Yin-Chang Chang, Hsin-Yo Chen, Chueh-Yi Chou, Judith G. Cohen, Ricardo L. da Costa, Thibaut Crauchet, Rodorigo P. de Almeida, Antonio Cesar C. de Oliveira, Ligia S. de Oliveira, Kjetil Dohlen, Leandro Henrique H. dos Santos, Richard S. Ellis, Steve Ertel, Maximilian Fabricius, Décio Ferreira, Hisanori Furusawa, Javier Garciá-Carpio, Wilfred Gee, Mirek Golebiowski, Aidan Gray, James E. Gunn, Satoshi Hamano, Randolph P. Hammond, Albert Harding, Kota Hayashi, Wanqiu He, Timothy M. Heckman, Stephen C Hope, Shu-Fu Hsu, Pin-Jie Huang, Miho N. Ishigaki, Marc Jaquet, Eric Jeschke, Christian Kragh K. Jespersen, Yipeng Jeng, Russell Kackley, Jennifer L. Karr, Satoshi Kawanomoto, Masahiko Kimura, Michitaro Koike, Eiichiro Komatsu, Shintaro Koshida, Yusei Koyama, Vincent Le Brun, Arnaud Le Fur, David Le Mignant, Gerald Lemson, Yen-Ting Lin, Hung-Hsu Ling, Craig P. Loomis, Robert H. Lupton, Fabrice Madec, Danilo Marchesini, Lucas S. Marrara, Dmitry Medvedev, Sogo Mineo, Arik Mitschang, Satoshi Miyazaki, Kumiko Morihana, Takahiro Morishima, Hitoshi Murayama, Graham J. Murray, Ssakurako Okamoto, Hirofumi Okita, Masato Onodera, Josh Peebles, Paul Price, Tae-Soo Pyo, Lucio Ramos, Daniel J. Reiley, Martin Reinecke, Mitsuko Roberts, Josemar A. Rosa, Julien P. Rousselle, Kody Rubio, Kiaina Schubert, Michael D. Seiffert, Jared Siegel, Stephen A. Smee, Laerte Sodré Jr., Michael A. Strauss, Christian Surace, Masahiro Takada, Yuhei Takagi, Masayuki Tanaka, Yoko Tanaka, Aniruddha R. Thakar, Didier Vibert, Shiang-Yu Wang, Chih-Yi Wen, Suzanne Werner, Matthew Wung, Chi-Hung Yan, Naoki Yasuda, Hiroshige Yoshida

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Proceedings Volume 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X; 1309605 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3015967
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

The PFS (Prime Focus Spectrograph) instrumentation is nearly complete finally. The only missing hardware is the last two spectrograph modules, but the installations are ongoing well as of this abstract being written and are expected to complete very soon. On-sky engineering tests and observations have been carried out continually since September 2021 and, after the resolutions of some major issues on hardware and software, the team successfully observed many targeted stars over the entire field of view (Engineering First Light) in September 2022. The performances and operation of the instrument are being optimized e.g. in the accuracy and speed of fiber positioning process. Long integrations of relatively faint objects are being taken to validate expected increase of signal-to-noise ratio. Given the science operation will start soon after the commissioning process is complete, various procedures of proposing, planning, & executing observations, processing data & assessing their qualities, and delivering data to observers are being developed and tested. In this contribution, a top-level summary of these achievements and ongoing progresses and future perspectives will be provided.

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Naoyuki Tamura, Yuki Moritani, Kiyoto Yabe, Yuki Ishizuka, Yukiko Kamata, Ali Allaoui, Akira Arai, Stéphane Arnouts, Robert H Barkhouser, Rudy Barette, Eddie Bergeron, Patrick Blanchard, Neven Caplar, Michael Carle, Pierre-Yves Chabaud, Yin-Chang Chang, Hsin-Yo Chen, Chueh-Yi Chou, Judith G. Cohen, Ricardo L. da Costa, Thibaut Crauchet, Rodorigo P. de Almeida, Antonio Cesar C. de Oliveira, Ligia S. de Oliveira, Kjetil Dohlen, Leandro Henrique H. dos Santos, Richard S. Ellis, Steve Ertel, Maximilian Fabricius, Décio Ferreira, Hisanori Furusawa, Javier Garciá-Carpio, Wilfred Gee, Mirek Golebiowski, Aidan Gray, James E. Gunn, Satoshi Hamano, Randolph P. Hammond, Albert Harding, Kota Hayashi, Wanqiu He, Timothy M. Heckman, Stephen C Hope, Shu-Fu Hsu, Pin-Jie Huang, Miho N. Ishigaki, Marc Jaquet, Eric Jeschke, Christian Kragh K. Jespersen, Yipeng Jeng, Russell Kackley, Jennifer L. Karr, Satoshi Kawanomoto, Masahiko Kimura, Michitaro Koike, Eiichiro Komatsu, Shintaro Koshida, Yusei Koyama, Vincent Le Brun, Arnaud Le Fur, David Le Mignant, Gerald Lemson, Yen-Ting Lin, Hung-Hsu Ling, Craig P. Loomis, Robert H. Lupton, Fabrice Madec, Danilo Marchesini, Lucas S. Marrara, Dmitry Medvedev, Sogo Mineo, Arik Mitschang, Satoshi Miyazaki, Kumiko Morihana, Takahiro Morishima, Hitoshi Murayama, Graham J. Murray, Ssakurako Okamoto, Hirofumi Okita, Masato Onodera, Josh Peebles, Paul Price, Tae-Soo Pyo, Lucio Ramos, Daniel J. Reiley, Martin Reinecke, Mitsuko Roberts, Josemar A. Rosa, Julien P. Rousselle, Kody Rubio, Kiaina Schubert, Michael D. Seiffert, Jared Siegel, Stephen A. Smee, Laerte Sodré Jr., Michael A. Strauss, Christian Surace, Masahiro Takada, Yuhei Takagi, Masayuki Tanaka, Yoko Tanaka, Aniruddha R. Thakar, Didier Vibert, Shiang-Yu Wang, Chih-Yi Wen, Suzanne Werner, Matthew Wung, Chi-Hung Yan, Naoki Yasuda, and Hiroshige Yoshida "Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) for Subaru Telescope: progressing final steps to science operation", Proc. SPIE 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 1309605 (19 July 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3015967

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