Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Maria T.
dc.contributor.authorHamuy, Mario
dc.contributor.authorMendez, Rene
dc.contributor.authorGaray, Guido
dc.contributor.authorKawara, K.
dc.contributor.authorDoi, Mamoru
dc.contributor.authorYoshii, Yuzuru
dc.contributor.authorMiyata, Takashi
dc.contributor.authorKohno, Kotaro
dc.contributor.authorTanaka, Masuo
dc.contributor.authorMotohara, Kentaro
dc.contributor.authorMinezaki, Takeo
dc.contributor.authorSako, Shigeyuki
dc.contributor.authorMorokuma, Tomoki
dc.contributor.authorTanabe, Toshihiko
dc.contributor.authorHatsukade, Bunyo
dc.contributor.authorTakahashi, Hidenori
dc.contributor.authorKonishi, Masahiro
dc.contributor.authorKamizuka, Takafumi
dc.contributor.authorKato, Natsuko
dc.contributor.authorAoki, Tsutomu
dc.contributor.authorSoyano, Takao
dc.contributor.authorTarusawa, Ken'ichi
dc.contributor.authorHanda, Toshihiro
dc.contributor.authorTamura, Yoichi
dc.contributor.authorKoshida, Shintaro
dc.contributor.authorBronfman, Leonardo
dc.contributor.authorEscala, Andres
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-15T20:25:25Z
dc.date.available2019-05-15T20:25:25Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationM. Doi, T. Miyata, Y. Yoshii, K. Kohno, M. Tanaka, K. Motohara, T. Minezaki, K. Kawara, S. Sako, T. Morokuma, Y. Tamura, T. Tanabe, B. Hatsukade, H. Takahashi, M. Konishi, T. Kamizuka, N. Kato, T. Aoki, T. Soyano, K. Tarusawa, T. Handa, S. Koshida, L. Bronfman, M. T. Ruiz, M. Hamuy, R. Mendez, G. Garay, and A. Escala "The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope: project overview and current status", Proc. SPIE 10700, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII, 107000W (6 July 2018); doi: 10.1117/12.2313099; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313099en_US
dc.identifier.issn9781510619531
dc.identifier.issn9781510619548
dc.identifier.doi10.1117/12.2313099
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/632264
dc.description.abstractThe University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory Project is to construct and operate a 6.5m infrared telescope at the summit of Co. Chajnantor (5640m altitude) in northern Chile, promoted by the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Tokyo. Thanks to the dry climate (PWV similar to 0.5mm) and the high altitude, excellent observation condition in the NIR to MIR wavelengths is achieved. The telescope has two Nasmyth foci where two facility instruments, SWIMS for the near-infrared and MIMIZUKU for the mid-infrared, are installed and two folded-Cassegrain foci for carry-in instruments. All these four foci can be switched by rotating a tertiary mirror. The final focal ratio is 12.2 and the foci have large field-of-view of 25 arcmin in diameter. We adopted a 6.5-m F/1.25 light-weighted borosilicate honeycomb primary mirror and its support system that are developed by Steward Observatory Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. An enclosure has the shape of carousel, and large ventilation windows with shutters control the wind to flush heat inside the enclosure. A support building with a control room, a mirror coating system and maintenance facilities is located at the side of the enclosure. The mirror coating system consists of a large aluminizing chamber and a mirror washing facility. The operation of the telescope will be remotely carried out from a base facility at San Pedro de Atacama, 50km away from the summit. Development of the two facility instruments has already been completed and they are transported to Hilo, Hawaii in 2017. We are going to carry out engineering observations of those instruments on the Subaru telescope for clearing up technical issues and verifying their performance. The existing summit access road from the ALMA concession area was laid in 2006, however, it is too narrow to carry large components of the telescope and the ancillary facilities such as the primary mirror, its cell, and the aluminizing chamber. The road is being expanded so that it has the width of >5m for straight portion and >7m for curved portion.. The telescope mount and the enclosure are being pre-assembled for functional and performance tests in Japan. All telescope system will be assembled at the summit and see the engineering first light early 2019.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipJSPS [21018003, 21684006, 22253002, 23540261, 24103003, 24244015, 2611460, 25247017, 15K17599, 15H02062]; Optical & Near-Infrared Astronomy Inter-University Cooperation Program by the MEXT of Japan; Advanced Technology Center, NAOJ; NAOJen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERINGen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/10700/2313099/The-University-of-Tokyo-Atacama-Observatory-65m-telescope--project/10.1117/12.2313099.fullen_US
dc.rights© 2018 SPIE.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectTAOen_US
dc.subjecttelescope projecten_US
dc.subjectinfrareden_US
dc.subjectAtacamaen_US
dc.subjecthigh altitudeen_US
dc.titleThe University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope: project overview and current statusen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Steward Observen_US
dc.identifier.journalGROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE TELESCOPES VIIen_US
dc.description.collectioninformationThis item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.source.beginpage27
refterms.dateFOA2019-05-15T20:25:25Z


Files in this item

Thumbnail
Name:
107000W.pdf
Size:
2.081Mb
Format:
PDF
Description:
Final Published version

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record