Chuck F Claver LSST System Scientist & Commissioning Lead LSST Commissioning Chuck F Claver LSST System Scientist & Commissioning Lead Monday, August 14, 2017
Commissioning answers three basic questions LSST2017 - Tucson, AZ - August 14 - 18, 2017
Commissioning answers three basic questions Did we build the thing we said we were going to build? Verification LSST2017 - Tucson, AZ - August 14 - 18, 2017
Commissioning answers three basic questions Did we build the thing we said we were going to build? Verification Did we build the right thing – does it do what we want and expect it to do? Validation LSST2017 - Tucson, AZ - August 14 - 18, 2017
Commissioning answers three basic questions Did we build the thing we said we were going to build? Verification Did we build the right thing – does it do what we want and expect it to do? Validation Do we understand how and why the thing we built works the way it does? Characterization LSST2017 - Tucson, AZ - August 14 - 18, 2017
What is LSST Commissioning? LSST2017 - Tucson, AZ - August 14 - 18, 2017
What is LSST Commissioning? It includes System Integration & Test – Telescope + Camera + DMS + EPO LSST2017 - Tucson, AZ - August 14 - 18, 2017
What is LSST Commissioning? It includes System Integration & Test – Telescope + Camera + DMS + EPO It includes system level verification of hardware & software LSST2017 - Tucson, AZ - August 14 - 18, 2017
What is LSST Commissioning? It includes System Integration & Test – Telescope + Camera + DMS + EPO It includes system level verification of hardware & software It includes validation of the science products LSST2017 - Tucson, AZ - August 14 - 18, 2017
What is LSST Commissioning? It includes System Integration & Test – Telescope + Camera + DMS + EPO It includes system level verification of hardware & software It includes validation of the science products It includes characterizing the system as it is being built LSST2017 - Tucson, AZ - August 14 - 18, 2017
What is LSST Commissioning? It includes System Integration & Test – Telescope + Camera + DMS + EPO It includes system level verification of hardware & software It includes validation of the science products It includes characterizing the system as it is being built It includes characterizing the final as-built system LSST2017 - Tucson, AZ - August 14 - 18, 2017
Commissioning Milestones Data Production Milestone Start Date First calibration data from Auxiliary Telescope November 2018 First on-sky and calibration images with ComCam May 2020 Images from Camera re-verification at Summit Facility July 2020 Sustained observing with ComCam August 2020 First on-sky and calibration data from Camera+Telescope February 2021 Sustained scheduler driven observing with Camera+Telescope April 2021 Start Science Verification mini-Surveys June 2021 LSST2017 - Tucson, AZ - August 14 - 18, 2017