Prof. David Kirkby Profile

Prof. David Kirkby

at Univ. of California, Irvine

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Publications (6)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Overview and operation of the DESI focal plane

K. Fanning, R. Besuner, D. J. Eisenstein, P. Fagrelius, K. Honscheid, D. Kirkby, M. Landriau, M. E. Levi, C. Poppett, D. Rabinowitz, M. Schubnell, J. Silber

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121847E (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630114

KEYWORDS: Robots, Kinematics, Cameras, Spectrographs, Galactic astronomy, Spectroscopes, Electronics, Calibration, Robotics, Baryon acoustic oscillations

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

The DESI instrument

K. Honscheid, K. Fanning, S. Bailey, R. Besuner, A. Dey, C. Dobson, A. Elliott, P. Fagrelius, J. Guy, J. Jimenez, S. Kent, D. Kirkby, M. Landriau, M. Levi, R. Marshall, P. Martini, A. Meisner, C. Poppett, D. Rabinowitz, E.rd Schafly, M. Schubnell, J. Silber, D. Sprayberry

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121840X (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629736

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Cameras, Telescopes, Near infrared, Camera shutters, Charge-coupled devices, Robots, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Spectroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

Performance of Kitt Peak’s Mayall 4-meter telescope during DESI commissioning

Aaron Meisner, Behzad Abareshi, Arjun Dey, Connie Rockosi, Richard Joyce, David Sprayberry, Robert Besuner, Klaus Honscheid, David Kirkby, Hui Kong, Martin Landriau, Michael Levi, Ting Li, Bob Marshall, Paul Martini, Ashley Ross, David Brooks, Peter Doel, Yutong Duan, Enrique Gaztañaga, Christophe Magneville, Francisco Prada, Michael Schubnell, Gregory Tarlѐ

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144794 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2574776

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Image quality, Spectroscopes, Observatories, Cameras, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

The DESI sky continuum monitor system

Suk Sien Tie, David Kirkby, Paul Martini, Claire Poppett, Daniel Pappalardo, David Schlegel, Jonathan Shover, Julien Guy, Kevin Fanning, Klaus Honscheid, Michael Lampton, Patrick Jelinsky, Robert Besuner, Kai Zhang, David Brooks, Peter Doel, Yutong Duan, Enrique Gastañaga, Robert Kehoe, Martin Landriau, Michael Levi, Francisco Prada, Gregory Tarle

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144785 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561436

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Optical filters, Spectroscopes, Baryon acoustic oscillations, Galactic astronomy, Telescopes, Fiber optics, Spectrographs, Imaging systems, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

The DESI instrument control systems: status and early testing

K. Honscheid, A. Elliott, E. Buckley-Geer, B. Abreshi, F. Castander, L. da Costa, S. Kent, D. Kirkby, R. Marshall, E. Neilsen, R. Ogando, D. Rabinowitz, A. Roodman, S. Serrano, D. Brooks, M. Levi, G. Tarle

Proceedings Volume 10707, 107071D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311927

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Spectrographs, Cameras, Telescopes, Databases, Imaging systems, Stars, Human-machine interfaces, Computing systems, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 8 August 2016 Paper

The DESI instrument control system

K. Honscheid, A. Elliott, L. Beaufore, E. Buckley-Geer, F. Castander, L. daCosta, A. Fausti, S. Kent, D. Kirkby, E. Neilsen, K. Reil, S. Serrano, A. Slozar

Proceedings Volume 9913, 99130P (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2229835

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Control systems, Databases, Cameras, Stars, Charge-coupled devices, Imaging systems, Image analysis, Image processing

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