SCORPIO: Final design and performance estimates for time-domain astronomy

Massimo Robberto; Peter W. A. Roming; Alexander J. van der Horst; María Luisa García-Vargas; Stephen A. Smee; Stephen Goodsell; Jeffrey Radwick; Thomas Hayward; Morten Andersen; Susan Pope; Ethan E. Chaffee; Todd J. Veach; Antonina G. Brody; Kelly D. Smith; Ronnie L. Killough; Kristian B. Persson; Jason L. Stange; Amanda J. Bayless; Rebecca R. Thibodeaux; Andrew L. Peterson; Alexa K. Mathias; Carl L. Schwendeman; Adam W. Thornton; Guy A. Grubbs; Ernesto R. Verastegui II; Thomas Lechner; Manuel Maldonado-Medina; Ana Pérez-Calpena; Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco; Gerardo Veredas; Ruben Diaz; Manuel Lazo; Scot Kleinman; Landon Gelman; Robert H. Barkhouser; Stephen C. Hope

doi:10.1117/12.2568031

13 December 2020 SCORPIO: Final design and performance estimates for time-domain astronomy

Massimo Robberto, Peter W. A. Roming, Alexander J. van der Horst, María Luisa García-Vargas, Stephen A. Smee, Stephen Goodsell, Jeffrey Radwick, Thomas Hayward, Morten Andersen, Susan Pope, Ethan E. Chaffee, Todd J. Veach, Antonina G. Brody, Kelly D. Smith, Ronnie L. Killough, Kristian B. Persson, Jason L. Stange, Amanda J. Bayless, Rebecca R. Thibodeaux, Andrew L. Peterson, Alexa K. Mathias, Carl L. Schwendeman, Adam W. Thornton, Guy A. Grubbs, Ernesto R. Verastegui II, Thomas Lechner, Manuel Maldonado-Medina, Ana Pérez-Calpena, Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco, Gerardo Veredas, Ruben Diaz, Manuel Lazo, Scot Kleinman, Landon Gelman, Robert H. Barkhouser, Stephen C. Hope

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Proceedings Volume 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; 1144774 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2568031
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SCORPIO is the next facility instrument for the Gemini South telescope at Cerro Pachon, Chile. SCORPIO’s main science driver is the detection and monitoring of faint time-domain events, in particular the follow-up of discoveries by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, but it can also carry out with unique efficiency a large variety of astrophysical programs. The instrument has recently passed Critical Design Review and is now in its Assembly, Integration and Verification phase. In this paper we provide an updated overview of the final instrument design and the main performance parameters in light of the science drivers.

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Massimo Robberto, Peter W. A. Roming, Alexander J. van der Horst, María Luisa García-Vargas, Stephen A. Smee, Stephen Goodsell, Jeffrey Radwick, Thomas Hayward, Morten Andersen, Susan Pope, Ethan E. Chaffee, Todd J. Veach, Antonina G. Brody, Kelly D. Smith, Ronnie L. Killough, Kristian B. Persson, Jason L. Stange, Amanda J. Bayless, Rebecca R. Thibodeaux, Andrew L. Peterson, Alexa K. Mathias, Carl L. Schwendeman, Adam W. Thornton, Guy A. Grubbs, Ernesto R. Verastegui II, Thomas Lechner, Manuel Maldonado-Medina, Ana Pérez-Calpena, Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco, Gerardo Veredas, Ruben Diaz, Manuel Lazo, Scot Kleinman, Landon Gelman, Robert H. Barkhouser, and Stephen C. Hope "SCORPIO: Final design and performance estimates for time-domain astronomy", Proc. SPIE 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 1144774 (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2568031

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