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FourStar 4K x 4K JHK imager
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FourStar Internals 95% done
Camera & window optics are mounted in cells Photo credit: David Murphy 12/7/2018 FourStar
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FourStar Optics ready to install 12/7/2018 FourStar
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FourStar All Mylar and MLI installed 12 of 16 temp sensors installed
Greg Ortiz works on the rack (photo credit: David Murphy) 12/7/2018 FourStar
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FourStar Half the controller systems installed
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FourStar All focal plane mechanisms installed and tested warm using alignment telescope and reflecting targets 12/7/2018 FourStar
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FourStar Warm alignments completed: Detector dewar
Field flattener wheel Camera module Radiation shield To be done: Detector module 12/7/2018 FourStar
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FourStar Detectors 3 of 4 miss the readnoise spec: 30 e- vs 20 e-
Working with Teledyne to resolve the issue 12/7/2018 FourStar
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FourStar Electronics Racks are complete
Process controller is not. This monitors thermistors, vacuum, LN2 levels, and controls LN2 autofill 12/7/2018 FourStar
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FourStar Data system computers Tested using laboratory test dewar
Media: USB2 disks for science data and Blu-Ray for engineering data 12/7/2018 FourStar
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FourStar Control software 95% done: motors, temperatures
Waiting on process controller completion 12/7/2018 FourStar
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FourStar Data acquisition & pipeline software
“Dan Kelson’s working on it” 12/7/2018 FourStar
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FourStar Schedule First cooldown week of March 23, 2009
Postdoc arrives in June 2009 Several cold alignment cooldowns to follow; each takes a month Ship to LCO in 2010A 12/7/2018 FourStar
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