Commissioning and first scientific operations of the wide-field 2.6m Javalambre Survey Telescope

A. J. Cenarro; A. Ederoclite; C. Íñiguez; A. Marín-Franch; H. Vázquez Ramió; A. Yanes-Díaz; S. Chueca; N. M. Lasso-Cabrera; S. Rueda-Teruel; F. Rueda-Teruel; D. Cristóbal-Hornillos; J. Varela; G. López-Alegre; R. Bello; J.-L. Antón-Bravo; S. Bielsa de Toledo; M. Domínguez-Martínez; A. Moreno-Signes; R. Iglesias-Marzoa; M. C. Díaz-Martín; T. Civera; J. Hernández-Fuertes; D. Muniesa-Gallardo; J. Castillo; A. López-Sáinz; M. Moles; G. P. Lousberg; C. Bastin; O. Pirnay

doi:10.1117/12.2309520

6 July 2018 Commissioning and first scientific operations of the wide-field 2.6m Javalambre Survey Telescope

A. J. Cenarro, A. Ederoclite, C. Íñiguez, A. Marín-Franch, H. Vázquez Ramió, A. Yanes-Díaz, S. Chueca, N. M. Lasso-Cabrera, S. Rueda-Teruel, F. Rueda-Teruel, D. Cristóbal-Hornillos, J. Varela, G. López-Alegre, R. Bello, J.-L. Antón-Bravo, S. Bielsa de Toledo, M. Domínguez-Martínez, A. Moreno-Signes, R. Iglesias-Marzoa, M. C. Díaz-Martín, T. Civera, J. Hernández-Fuertes, D. Muniesa-Gallardo, J. Castillo, A. López-Sáinz, M. Moles, G. P. Lousberg, C. Bastin, O. Pirnay

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Proceedings Volume 10700, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII; 107000D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309520
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

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The Javalambre Survey Telescope (JST/T250) is a wide-field 2.6 m telescope ideal for carrying out large sky photometric surveys from the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory in Teruel, Spain. The most immediate goal of JST is to perform J-PAS, a survey of several thousands square degrees of the Northern sky in 59 optical bands, 54 of them narrow (∼ 145 Å FWHM) and contiguous. J-PAS will provide a low resolution photo-spectrum for every pixel of the sky, hence promising crucial breakthroughs in Cosmology and Astrophysics. J-PAS will be conducted with JPCam, a camera with a mosaic of 14 CCDs of 9.2k × 9.2k pix, more than 1200 Mpix and an effective FoV of 4.3 deg² . Before JPCam is on telescope, the project will work in 2018 with an interim camera, JPAS-Pathfinder, with a reduced FoV of ∼ 0.6 × 0.6 deg² to perform commissioning and the first JST science. This paper presents the current status and performance of the JST telescope, describing the commissioning and first science of the JPAS-Pathfinder at JST.

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A. J. Cenarro, A. Ederoclite, C. Íñiguez, A. Marín-Franch, H. Vázquez Ramió, A. Yanes-Díaz, S. Chueca, N. M. Lasso-Cabrera, S. Rueda-Teruel, F. Rueda-Teruel, D. Cristóbal-Hornillos, J. Varela, G. López-Alegre, R. Bello, J.-L. Antón-Bravo, S. Bielsa de Toledo, M. Domínguez-Martínez, A. Moreno-Signes, R. Iglesias-Marzoa, M. C. Díaz-Martín, T. Civera, J. Hernández-Fuertes, D. Muniesa-Gallardo, J. Castillo, A. López-Sáinz, M. Moles, G. P. Lousberg, C. Bastin, and O. Pirnay "Commissioning and first scientific operations of the wide-field 2.6m Javalambre Survey Telescope", Proc. SPIE 10700, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII, 107000D (6 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309520

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