Presentation - Telescopes from Afar - University of Hawaii
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The Thirty Meter Telescope<br />
Robotic Site Testing System<br />
Reed Riddle<br />
for the TMT Site Testing Team<br />
<strong>Telescopes</strong> From <strong>Afar</strong><br />
March 3, 2011<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
The TMT Site Testing Team<br />
The TMT site selection results presented here could not have been<br />
obtained without the hard work <strong>of</strong> a large group <strong>of</strong> people :<br />
– The core Site Selection Team : Bob Blum, Edison Bustos, Sebastian Els, Paul Gillett,<br />
Brooke Gregory, Jerry Nelson, Angel Otárola, Reed Riddle, Matthias Schöck, Juan<br />
Seguel, Warren Skidmore, Eric Steinbring, Tony Travouillon, Joselino Vasquez,<br />
Konstantinos Vogiatzis, David Walker, Lianqi Wang<br />
– Approximately 90 people were directly involved in the site selection work<br />
– A special thanks to everybody who has supported, and is still supporting, the TMT site<br />
selection program, in particular the people at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American<br />
Observatory (CTIO), the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and the<br />
AURA New Initiatives Office (NIO), the Universidad Catolica del Norte in Ant<strong>of</strong>agasta,<br />
the Observatorio Astronomico Nacional de San Pedro Martir, Gemini Observatory,<br />
Palomar Observatory, the Submillimeter Array (SMA), the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hawaii</strong> Institute<br />
for Astronomy (IfA), the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Lethbridge, the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Moscow, the South<br />
African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), and the entire TMT project including its<br />
partner institutions and external reviewers.<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
The TMT Site Testing Team<br />
The TMT Sites Advisory Group was the Site Working Group in the pre-<br />
TMT days and laid a lot <strong>of</strong> the ground work :<br />
– George Djorgovski, California Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology (chair)<br />
– Alistair Walker, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (chair)<br />
– Gary Chanan, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California, Irvine<br />
– Dave De Young, AURA New Initiatives Office<br />
– James Graham, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California, Berkeley<br />
– Derek Salmon, Canada France <strong>Hawaii</strong> Telescope<br />
– Matthias Schöck, TMT<br />
– Eric Steinbring, Herzberg Institute <strong>of</strong> Astrophysics<br />
In memory <strong>of</strong>.....<br />
Photo by D. Walker<br />
Photo by W. Skidmore<br />
Photo by M. Sarazin<br />
Hugo Schwarz<br />
Juan Araya<br />
André Erasmus<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
TMT Site Testing<br />
We started by considering all potentially interesting sites, anywhere in<br />
the world<br />
Pre-selection <strong>of</strong> five candidate sites based on satellite studies <strong>of</strong> cloud<br />
cover and precipitable water vapor and on previously existing<br />
information<br />
On-site testing with identical equipment<br />
– April 2003 to November 2009<br />
Strong emphasis on calibration <strong>of</strong> instrumentation to ensure data<br />
quality and comparability <strong>of</strong> results<br />
Final (TMT internal) site testing report and review in April 2008<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
TMT Candidate Sites<br />
Armazones (3064m)<br />
Northern Chile<br />
Tolonchar (4480m)<br />
Northern Chile<br />
Tolar (2290m)<br />
Northern Chile<br />
13 North Site<br />
San Pedro Mártir (2830m)<br />
Baja California, Mexico<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011<br />
Mauna Kea 13 N<br />
(4050m), <strong>Hawaii</strong><br />
5
Site Testing Instruments<br />
MASS<br />
– turbulence pr<strong>of</strong>iles, seeing above<br />
500m, isoplanatic angle, t0<br />
DIMM<br />
– seeing above 7m<br />
SODAR<br />
– turbulence, wind pr<strong>of</strong>iles <strong>from</strong> ground to<br />
800m<br />
Weather Station<br />
– wind speed & direction, humidity,<br />
temperature, rain detection, barometric<br />
pressure, solar & net radiation, ground<br />
heat flux<br />
IRMA<br />
– water vapor<br />
Dust Sensor<br />
– dust particle count at 0.3µ, 0.5µ, 1.0µ,<br />
2.0µ, 5.0µ<br />
Sonic Anemometer<br />
– turbulence, temperature, wind speed &<br />
direction at 7m<br />
ASCA<br />
– cloud detection, light pollution<br />
30 meter Tower<br />
– sonic anemometers, temperature<br />
sensors at 11m, 20m, 30m<br />
– direct measurement <strong>of</strong> ground layer to<br />
30m<br />
Support equipment<br />
– robotic telescope, solar power system,<br />
webcams, network connection<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011<br />
Site Testing System
Site Testing System<br />
Halfmann Telescope<br />
MASS/DIMM<br />
IRMA<br />
All sky camera<br />
Weather station<br />
Webcam<br />
Sonic anemometer<br />
Solar power<br />
system<br />
Dust sensor<br />
SODARs<br />
Computer cabinet<br />
TCS electronics<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Setup at Armazones<br />
30 m tower<br />
MASS/DIMM telescope<br />
On 6.5 m tower<br />
Sonic anemometers and<br />
Temperature sensors<br />
All-sky camera<br />
Weather station<br />
IRMA<br />
Solar panels<br />
SODAR (SFAS)<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Site Testing Computer System<br />
Impractical for manual monitoring, control <strong>of</strong> site at all times<br />
– Manpower<br />
– 24/7/365 operations<br />
If one robotic system is challenging, five could be a nightmare!<br />
– Standardization is key: all sites must operate the same way<br />
Hardware, s<strong>of</strong>tware installation<br />
Data quality<br />
Reproducibility <strong>of</strong> results<br />
Fault diagnosis<br />
Custom s<strong>of</strong>tware suite<br />
– Several instruments used commercial s<strong>of</strong>tware, integrated into system<br />
– Robotic & instrument s<strong>of</strong>tware created in house<br />
– 7 operating systems<br />
UNIX/Linux flavors, OS X, Windows<br />
– 12 scripting and programming languages<br />
IDL, Bash scripts, C, C++, awk/sed scripts, Expect scripts<br />
GNUplot, Grace<br />
HTML, Perl, PHP, Javascript<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
System Architecture<br />
USB<br />
Ethernet<br />
Serial<br />
NFS<br />
TCS<br />
NPS<br />
TCS<br />
Computer<br />
Halfmann<br />
Telescope<br />
Tower Sonic<br />
3<br />
Samba<br />
Firewire<br />
Tower Sonic<br />
2<br />
DIMM<br />
CCD<br />
DIMM<br />
Computer<br />
Cube<br />
Tower Sonic<br />
1<br />
Webcam 1<br />
NPS 1<br />
UPS<br />
Instrument<br />
Computer<br />
Webcam 2<br />
NPS 1<br />
Webcam 3<br />
Supervisor<br />
Computer<br />
MASS<br />
Webcam 4<br />
NPS 2<br />
Weather<br />
station<br />
SODAR<br />
Computer<br />
Firewire<br />
Drive<br />
Instrument<br />
Computer<br />
IRMA<br />
XFAS<br />
SFAS<br />
All Sky<br />
CCD<br />
All Sky CCD<br />
Computer<br />
Dust<br />
sensor<br />
Sonic<br />
anemometer<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Site Testing Servers<br />
File & web server<br />
– Daily synchronization <strong>of</strong> all site s<strong>of</strong>tware, configuration file archiving<br />
– CVS, NTP server<br />
– Website<br />
Site monitoring<br />
Data & system examination (plots, data files, logs)<br />
Data server<br />
– Daily backup <strong>of</strong> all raw, processed data files<br />
Up to 1GB <strong>of</strong> data (compressed) per site per night<br />
– Manual backup to DVD<br />
– Database <strong>of</strong> all science data<br />
Second data server<br />
– Off site backup at CTIO in La Serena, Chile<br />
– Back up <strong>of</strong> all site s<strong>of</strong>tware, data archive, website, database<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011<br />
Monitoring the Sites
Monitoring the Sites<br />
Home<br />
Status<br />
Webcam<br />
ASCA<br />
Observations<br />
SC Files<br />
Thirty Meter Telescope Site Survey Group<br />
T3 : Status Report<br />
Robotic system status summary<br />
Telescope NREF Weather Pointing Computers Disks NPS NTP Webcam<br />
DIMM MASS Dust Sensor Sonic Voltage ASCA SODAR IRMA Tower<br />
Telescope status<br />
Update Time TCS Time Evening Twilight Morning Twilight<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-27 22:51:00 2008-07-28 10:41:00<br />
Cabinet Power State 1.0 Cabinet Referenced 1.0<br />
Axis Power State Referenced Limit State Current Position Target Position Offset Speed<br />
Altitude 1.0 1.0 OFF 67:34:20 67:34:20 -0:00:56 0:00:00<br />
Azimuth 1.0 1.0 OFF 137:43:47 137:43:48 0:08:53 0:00:27<br />
Dome 1.0 1.0 ON Open Open 0.0 0.000<br />
Focus 1.0 1.0 OFF 15.620 15.620 0.0 0.000<br />
Pointing and Tracking Information<br />
NREF Not Present Star Alp Gru Tracking Mode 3<br />
Ops Mode Robotic RA 22:08:13 Dec -46:57:39 Distance 0.00<br />
Operation<br />
M - Run MASS<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:11<br />
Current LST 21:43:09 Slew Time 0.01<br />
Weather reports<br />
Site<br />
Time (UT)<br />
Temp<br />
°C<br />
Humid<br />
%<br />
Precip<br />
%<br />
Dew<br />
°C<br />
Wind Spd<br />
km/h<br />
Wind Dir<br />
degrees<br />
Press<br />
hPa<br />
Solar Rad<br />
W/m 2<br />
Heat Flow<br />
W/m 2<br />
Net Rad<br />
W/m 2<br />
Soil T<br />
°C<br />
Batt<br />
V<br />
T3 2008-07-28 05:50:06 -3.590 13.61 0.00 -30.377 23.240 332.32 601.40 19.3 12.1 -102.0 -1.622 6.18<br />
Air temperature: +<br />
Barometric pressure: +<br />
Temperature and Pressure<br />
Ground temperature: +<br />
Dew temperature: +<br />
Humidity: +<br />
Humidity limit (85%): -----<br />
Humidity, Precipitation and Battery<br />
Battery voltage: +<br />
Precipitation: +<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Robotic system status summary<br />
Telescope NREF Weather Pointing Computers Disks NPS NTP Webcam<br />
DIMM MASS Dust Sensor Sonic Voltage ASCA SODAR IRMA Tower<br />
Telescope status<br />
Update Time TCS Time Evening Twilight Morning Twilight<br />
Monitoring the Sites<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-27 22:51:00 2008-07-28 10:41:00<br />
Cabinet Power State 1.0 Cabinet Referenced 1.0<br />
Axis Power State Referenced Limit State Current Position Target Position Offset Speed<br />
Altitude 1.0 1.0 OFF 67:34:20 67:34:20 -0:00:56 0:00:00<br />
Azimuth 1.0 1.0 OFF 137:43:47 137:43:48 0:08:53 0:00:27<br />
Dome 1.0 1.0 ON Open Open 0.0 0.000<br />
Focus 1.0 1.0 OFF 15.620 15.620 0.0 0.000<br />
Pointing and Tracking Information<br />
NREF Not Present Star Alp Gru Tracking Mode 3<br />
Ops Mode Robotic RA 22:08:13 Dec -46:57:39 Distance 0.00<br />
Operation<br />
M - Run MASS<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:11<br />
Current LST 21:43:09 Slew Time 0.01<br />
Site<br />
Time (UT)<br />
Temp<br />
°C<br />
Humid<br />
%<br />
Precip<br />
%<br />
Dew<br />
°C<br />
Weather reports<br />
Home<br />
Wind Spd Wind Dir<br />
Status km/h degrees<br />
T3 2008-07-28 05:50:06 -3.590 13.61 0.00 -30.377 Webcam 23.240 332.32 601.40 19.3 12.1 -102.0 -1.622 6.18<br />
Press<br />
hPa<br />
Solar Rad<br />
W/m 2<br />
Heat Flow<br />
W/m 2<br />
Thirty Meter Telescope Site Survey Group<br />
T3 : Status Report<br />
Temperature and Pressure<br />
ASCA<br />
Humidity, Precipitation and Battery<br />
Air temperature: +<br />
Ground temperature: + Humidity: +<br />
Battery voltage: +<br />
Observations<br />
Robotic system status summary<br />
Barometric pressure: +<br />
Dew temperature: + Humidity limit (85%): -----<br />
Precipitation: +<br />
Telescope NREF Weather Pointing Computers Disks NPS NTP Webcam<br />
SC Files<br />
DIMM MASS Dust Sensor Sonic Voltage ASCA SODAR IRMA Tower<br />
Net Rad<br />
W/m 2<br />
Soil T<br />
°C<br />
Batt<br />
V<br />
Telescope status<br />
Update Time TCS Time Evening Twilight Morning Twilight<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-27 22:51:00 2008-07-28 10:41:00<br />
Cabinet Power State 1.0 Cabinet Referenced 1.0<br />
Heat Flow: +<br />
Net Radiation: +<br />
Solar Radiation<br />
Solar radiation: +<br />
Axis Power State Referenced Limit State Current Position Target Position Offset Speed<br />
Altitude<br />
Wind Speed and<br />
1.0<br />
Direction<br />
1.0 OFF 67:34:20 67:34:20 -0:00:56 0:00:00<br />
Wind Speed: +<br />
Wind Direction: +<br />
Wind Speed Limit Azimuth (40 km/h): ----- 1.0 1.0 OFF 137:43:47 137:43:48 0:08:53 0:00:27<br />
Dome 1.0 1.0 ON Open Open 0.0 0.000<br />
Focus 1.0 1.0 OFF 15.620 15.620 0.0 0.000<br />
Pointing and Tracking Information<br />
NREF Not Present Star Alp Gru Tracking Mode 3<br />
Ops Mode Robotic RA 22:08:13 Dec -46:57:39 Distance 0.00<br />
Operation<br />
M - Run MASS<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:11<br />
Current LST 21:43:09 Slew Time 0.01<br />
Computer and cabinet hardware status<br />
Network connection status<br />
Site<br />
Time (UT)<br />
Temp<br />
°C<br />
Humid<br />
%<br />
Precip<br />
%<br />
Dew<br />
°C<br />
Weather reports<br />
Wind Spd<br />
km/h<br />
Wind Dir<br />
degrees<br />
Press<br />
hPa<br />
Solar Rad<br />
W/m 2<br />
Heat Flow<br />
W/m 2<br />
Net Rad<br />
W/m 2<br />
T3 2008-07-28 05:50:06 -3.590 13.61 0.00 -30.377 23.240 332.32 601.40 19.3 12.1 -102.0 -1.622 6.18<br />
Soil T<br />
°C<br />
Batt<br />
V<br />
Air temperature: +<br />
Barometric pressure: +<br />
Temperature and Pressure<br />
Ground temperature: +<br />
Dew temperature: +<br />
Humidity: +<br />
Humidity limit (85%): -----<br />
Humidity, Precipitation and Battery<br />
Battery voltage: +<br />
Precipitation: +<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Robotic system status summary<br />
Telescope NREF Weather Pointing Computers Disks NPS NTP Webcam<br />
DIMM MASS Dust Sensor Sonic Voltage ASCA SODAR IRMA Tower<br />
Telescope status<br />
Update Time TCS Time Evening Twilight Morning Twilight<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-27 22:51:00 2008-07-28 10:41:00<br />
Cabinet Power State 1.0 Cabinet Referenced 1.0<br />
Axis Power State Referenced Limit State Current Position Target Position Offset Speed<br />
Altitude 1.0 1.0 OFF 67:34:20 67:34:20 -0:00:56 0:00:00<br />
Azimuth 1.0 1.0 OFF 137:43:47 137:43:48 0:08:53 0:00:27<br />
Dome 1.0 1.0 ON Open Open 0.0 0.000<br />
Focus 1.0 1.0 OFF 15.620 15.620 0.0 0.000<br />
Monitoring the Sites<br />
Solar Radiation<br />
Heat Flow: +<br />
Net Radiation: +<br />
Solar radiation: +<br />
Wind Speed and Direction<br />
Wind Speed: +<br />
Wind Speed Limit (40 km/h): -----<br />
Wind Direction: +<br />
Pointing and Tracking Information<br />
NREF Not Present Star Alp Gru Tracking Mode 3<br />
Ops Mode Robotic RA 22:08:13 Dec -46:57:39 Distance 0.00<br />
Computer and cabinet hardware status<br />
Site<br />
Operation<br />
Time (UT)<br />
Weather reports<br />
Home<br />
Wind Spd Wind Dir<br />
Status km/h degrees<br />
T3 2008-07-28 05:50:06 -3.590 13.61 0.00 -30.377 Webcam 23.240 332.32 601.40 19.3 12.1 -102.0 -1.622 6.18<br />
Thirty Meter Telescope Site Survey Group<br />
T3 : Status Report<br />
Temperature and Pressure<br />
ASCA<br />
Humidity, Precipitation and Battery<br />
Network time protocol synchronization status<br />
Air temperature: +<br />
Ground temperature: + Humidity: +<br />
Battery voltage: +<br />
Observations<br />
Robotic system SC status *batgirl.tmt.org summary DC No connection! Tele *192.168.0.2 Cube Not installed Instrument Not installed<br />
Barometric pressure: +<br />
Dew temperature: + Humidity limit (85%): -----<br />
Precipitation: +<br />
Telescope NREF Weather Pointing ASCAComputers Not installed Disks SODAR NPSNot installed NTP IRMA Webcam Not installed Tower Not installed<br />
SC Files<br />
DIMM MASS Dust Sensor Sonic Voltage ASCA SODAR IRMA Network power Tower switch status<br />
Heat Flow: +<br />
Net Radiation: +<br />
M - Run MASS<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:11<br />
Temp<br />
°C<br />
Humid<br />
%<br />
Solar Radiation<br />
Precip<br />
%<br />
Dew<br />
°C<br />
Solar radiation: +<br />
Current LST 21:43:09 Slew Time 0.01<br />
Press<br />
hPa<br />
Solar Rad<br />
W/m 2<br />
NPS 1 NPS 2 Tower NPS<br />
Telescope status<br />
1 Router ON 1 Tower ON 1 Tower_computer ON<br />
Update Time TCS Time<br />
2<br />
Evening Twilight<br />
Sonic_anemometer ON<br />
Morning Twilight<br />
2 Dust_sensor ON 2 Network_switch ON<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-28 05:50:04<br />
3<br />
2008-07-27 22:51:00<br />
SC ON<br />
2008-07-28 10:41:00<br />
3 ASCA ON 3 EMPTY ON<br />
Cabinet Power State 1.0 4 Firewire_drive Cabinet Referenced ON 4 1.0 IRMA OFF 4 EMPTY ON<br />
Axis Power State Referenced Limit State 5 Current Instrument_compu Position Target Position ON 5 Offset Power_strip Speed<br />
ON 5 Sonic_power ON<br />
Altitude<br />
Wind Speed and<br />
1.0<br />
Direction<br />
1.0 OFF 6 67:34:20DC 67:34:20 ON 6 -0:00:56 SODAR_computer 0:00:00<br />
ON 6 EMPTY ON<br />
Wind Speed: +<br />
Wind Direction: +<br />
Azimuth 1.0 1.0 OFF 7 137:43:47CCD 137:43:48 ON 7 0:08:53 XFAS 0:00:27<br />
ON 7 EMPTY ON<br />
Wind Speed Limit (40 km/h): -----<br />
Dome 1.0 1.0 ON 8 Open MASS Open ON 8 0.0 SFAS 0.000<br />
ON 8 Power_strip ON<br />
Focus 1.0 1.0 OFF 15.620TCS NPS 15.620 0.0 0.000<br />
Pointing and Tracking Information<br />
Computer hard disk status<br />
NREF Not Present Star Alp Gru Tracking Mode 3<br />
Avail Used<br />
Avail Used<br />
Item Disk<br />
Item Disk<br />
Ops Mode Robotic RA 22:08:13 Dec (GB) -46:57:39(%)<br />
Distance 0.00(GB)<br />
(%)<br />
Operation<br />
M - Run MASS<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:11<br />
/ 28 21<br />
/cygdrive/c 22 19<br />
/cygdrive/c 30 19<br />
Current SCLST 21:43:09 DC Slew Time 0.01<br />
SODAR<br />
/net/data 15 94 /cygdrive/e 14 94 /cygdrive/e 14 94<br />
/ 33 3<br />
/ 68 2<br />
/home 3.8 84<br />
Weather reports<br />
ASCA<br />
Computer and cabinet hardware status<br />
IC /net 28 21 Tower /net 28 21 /home/data 15 94<br />
Temp Humid Precip Dew Wind Spd Wind Dir Press Solar Rad Heat Flow Net Rad Soil T Batt<br />
Site Time (UT)<br />
/net/data 15<br />
°C % % °C km/h degrees hPa W/m 2 94<br />
W/m 2 /net/data<br />
W/m 2<br />
15 94<br />
Network connection status<br />
°C V<br />
Tele / 32 14 IRMA Not installed<br />
T3 2008-07-28 05:50:06 -3.590 13.61 0.00 -30.377 23.240 332.32 601.40 19.3 12.1 -102.0 -1.622 6.18<br />
Air temperature: +<br />
Barometric pressure: +<br />
Heat Flow<br />
W/m 2<br />
Net Rad<br />
W/m 2<br />
Soil T<br />
°C<br />
Temperature and Pressure<br />
Batt<br />
V<br />
Ground temperature: +<br />
Dew temperature: +<br />
Router Good NPS 1 Good NPS 2 Good TCS NPS Good<br />
SC Good DC Good Tele Good Cube Not installed<br />
IC Good ASCA computer Good IRMA computer Not installed SODAR computer Good<br />
Webcam 1 Good Webcam 2 Good Webcam 3 Good Webcam 4 Not installed<br />
Tower computer Good Tower NPS Good<br />
1 TCS_power ON<br />
Network connection status<br />
Humidity, Precipitation and BatteryDIMM Measurements<br />
Humidity: +<br />
Battery voltage: +<br />
Humidity limit (85%): Seeing<br />
Strehl<br />
Flux<br />
Scintillation<br />
Update time -----<br />
Precipitation: Airmass +<br />
arcsec Aperture 1 Aperture 2 Aperture 1 Aperture 2 Background Aperture 1 Aperture 2<br />
2008-07-28 05:48:43 0.765 0.62 0.72 1.091 5719 3959 27 0.053 0.041<br />
MASS Measurements<br />
Item<br />
Disk<br />
Avail<br />
(GB)<br />
Used<br />
(%)<br />
Wednesday, March 9, 2011<br />
Update time<br />
Seeing<br />
arcsec<br />
C n<br />
2 Pr<strong>of</strong>iles<br />
0.5 1.0 2.0 4.0 8.0 16.0
Robotic system status summary<br />
/ 28 21<br />
/cygdrive/c 22 19<br />
/cygdrive/c 30 19<br />
Telescope NREF Weather Pointing ComputersSC<br />
Disks NPS NTP DC Webcam<br />
SODAR<br />
/net/data 15 94 /cygdrive/e 14 94 /cygdrive/e 14 94<br />
DIMM MASS Dust Sensor Sonic Voltage ASCA SODAR IRMA Tower<br />
/ 33 3<br />
/ 68 2<br />
/home 3.8 84<br />
ASCA<br />
IC /net 28 21 Tower /net 28 21 /home/data 15 94<br />
Telescope status<br />
/net/data 15 94 /net/data 15 94<br />
Update Time TCS Time Evening Twilight<br />
Tele / 32<br />
Morning Twilight<br />
14 IRMA Not installed<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-27 22:51:00 2008-07-28 10:41:00<br />
Heat Flow: +<br />
Net Radiation: +<br />
Solar radiation: +<br />
Cabinet Power State 1.0 Cabinet Referenced 1.0 DIMM Measurements<br />
Weather reports<br />
Home<br />
Wind Spd Wind Dir<br />
Status km/h degrees<br />
T3 2008-07-28 05:50:06 -3.590 13.61 0.00 -30.377 Webcam 23.240 332.32 601.40 19.3 12.1 -102.0 -1.622 6.18<br />
Monitoring the Sites<br />
Solar Radiation<br />
Axis Power State Referenced Limit State Current Position Target Seeing Position Offset<br />
Strehl<br />
Speed<br />
Flux<br />
Scintillation<br />
Update time<br />
Airmass<br />
arcsec<br />
Altitude 1.0 1.0 OFF 67:34:20 67:34:20<br />
Aperture<br />
-0:00:56<br />
1 Aperture<br />
0:00:00<br />
2 Aperture 1 Aperture 2 Background Aperture 1 Aperture 2<br />
Azimuth 1.0 1.0 OFF 137:43:47 2008-07-28 05:48:43 137:43:48 0.765 0.62 0:08:53 0.72 0:00:27 1.091 5719 3959 27 0.053 0.041<br />
Site<br />
Dome 1.0 1.0 ON Open Open 0.0 0.000 MASS Measurements<br />
Thirty Meter Telescope Site Survey Group<br />
T3 : Status Report<br />
Temperature and Pressure<br />
ASCA<br />
Humidity, Precipitation and Battery<br />
Network time protocol synchronization status<br />
Air temperature: +<br />
Ground temperature: + Humidity: +<br />
Battery voltage: +<br />
Observations<br />
Robotic system SC status *batgirl.tmt.org summary<br />
Barometric pressure: +<br />
Dew temperature: + Humidity limit (85%): -----<br />
Precipitation: +<br />
DC No connection! Tele *192.168.0.2 Cube Not installed Instrument Not installed<br />
Telescope NREF Weather Pointing ASCAComputers Not installed Disks SODAR NPSNot installed NTP IRMA Webcam Not installed Tower Not installed<br />
SC Files<br />
DIMM MASS Dust Sensor Sonic Voltage ASCA SODAR IRMA Network power Tower<br />
Flux and airmass plot<br />
Isoplanatic angle and scintillation plot<br />
switch status<br />
Aperture 1: +<br />
Background (x100): + DIMM Isoplanatic Angle: NPS + 1 DIMM scintillation, aperture 1: NPS x 2 Tower NPS<br />
Aperture 2: +<br />
Airmass: . Telescope MASS Isoplanatic status Angle: +<br />
1 Router<br />
DIMM scintillation, aperture 2: x<br />
ON 1 Tower ON 1 Tower_computer ON<br />
Update Time TCS Time<br />
2<br />
Evening Twilight<br />
Sonic_anemometer ON<br />
Morning Twilight<br />
2 Dust_sensor ON 2 Network_switch ON<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:04 2008-07-28 05:50:04<br />
3<br />
2008-07-27 22:51:00<br />
SC ON<br />
2008-07-28 10:41:00<br />
3 ASCA ON 3 EMPTY ON<br />
Cabinet Power State 1.0 4 Firewire_drive Cabinet Referenced ON 4 1.0 IRMA OFF 4 EMPTY ON<br />
Axis Power State Referenced Limit State 5 Current Instrument_compu Position Target Position ON 5 Offset Power_strip Speed<br />
ON 5 Sonic_power ON<br />
Altitude<br />
Wind Speed and<br />
1.0<br />
Direction<br />
1.0 OFF 6 67:34:20DC 67:34:20 ON 6 -0:00:56 SODAR_computer 0:00:00<br />
ON 6 EMPTY ON<br />
Wind Speed: +<br />
Wind Direction: +<br />
Azimuth 1.0 1.0 OFF 7 137:43:47CCD 137:43:48 ON 7 0:08:53 XFAS 0:00:27<br />
ON 7 EMPTY ON<br />
Wind Speed Limit (40 km/h): -----<br />
Dome 1.0 1.0 ON 8 Open MASS Open ON 8 0.0 SFAS 0.000<br />
ON 8 Power_strip ON<br />
Focus 1.0 1.0 OFF 15.620TCS NPS 15.620 0.0 0.000<br />
1 TCS_power ON<br />
MASS pr<strong>of</strong>ile plot<br />
Pointing and Tracking Information<br />
2 km: ----<br />
Computer 8 km: ---- hard disk status<br />
NREF Not Present 4 km: Star ----<br />
Alp Gru Tracking 16 Mode km: ---- 3<br />
Avail Used<br />
Avail<br />
Item Disk<br />
Item Disk<br />
Ops Mode Robotic RA 22:08:13 Dec (GB) -46:57:39(%)<br />
Distance 0.00(GB)<br />
Operation<br />
M - Run MASS<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:11<br />
/ 28 21<br />
/cygdrive/c 22 19<br />
/cygdrive/c 30 19<br />
Current SCLST 21:43:09 DC Slew Time 0.01<br />
SODAR<br />
/net/data 15 94 /cygdrive/e 14 94 /cygdrive/e 14 94<br />
/ 33 3<br />
/ 68 2<br />
/home 3.8 84<br />
Weather reports<br />
ASCA<br />
Computer and cabinet hardware status<br />
IC /net 28 21 Tower /net 28 21 /home/data 15 94<br />
Temp Humid Precip Dew Wind Spd Wind Dir Press Solar Rad Heat Flow Net Rad Soil T Batt<br />
Site Time (UT)<br />
/net/data 15<br />
°C % % °C km/h degrees hPa W/m 2 94<br />
W/m 2 /net/data<br />
W/m 2<br />
15 94<br />
Network connection status<br />
°C V<br />
Tele / 32 14 IRMA Not installed<br />
T3 2008-07-28 05:50:06 -3.590 13.61 0.00 -30.377 23.240 332.32 601.40 19.3 12.1 -102.0 -1.622 6.18<br />
Air temperature: +<br />
Barometric pressure: +<br />
Temperature and Pressure<br />
Ground temperature: +<br />
Dew temperature: +<br />
SC Good DC Good Tele Good Cube Not installed<br />
IC Good ASCA computer Good IRMA computer Not installed SODAR computer Good<br />
Webcam 1 Good Webcam 2 Good Webcam 3 Good Webcam 4 Not installed<br />
Tower computer Good Tower NPS Good<br />
Wind Speed and Direction<br />
Wind Speed: +<br />
Wind Speed Limit (40 km/h): -----<br />
Focus 1.0 1.0 OFF 15.620 15.620 0.0 0.000<br />
2<br />
Seeing<br />
C n Pr<strong>of</strong>iles<br />
Update time<br />
arcsec<br />
0.5 1.0 2.0 4.0 8.0 16.0<br />
Pointing and Tracking Information<br />
2008-07-28 05:47:14 0.53 9.32e-14 3.52e-17 5.64e-14 2.94e-14 7.88e-15 4.32e-14<br />
NREF Not Present Star Alp Gru Tracking Mode 3<br />
Ops Mode Robotic RA 22:08:13 Dec -46:57:39 MASS and DIMM Distance seeing plot 0.00<br />
Strehl ratio and focus plot Computer and cabinet hardware status<br />
DIMM: + MASS: + Strehl, aperture 1: +<br />
Focus: x<br />
M - Run MASS<br />
Operation<br />
Current LST 21:43:09 Slew Time 0.01<br />
Strehl, aperture 2: +<br />
Best Network focus (): ---- connection status<br />
2008-07-28 05:50:11<br />
Router Good NPS 1 Good NPS 2 Good TCS NPS Good<br />
Time (UT)<br />
Heat Flow: +<br />
Net Radiation: +<br />
Temp<br />
°C<br />
Humid<br />
%<br />
Solar Radiation<br />
Precip<br />
%<br />
Dew<br />
°C<br />
Solar radiation: +<br />
Press<br />
hPa<br />
0.5 km: ----<br />
1.0 km: ----<br />
Solar Rad<br />
W/m 2<br />
Heat Flow<br />
W/m 2<br />
Net Rad<br />
W/m 2<br />
Soil T<br />
°C<br />
Batt<br />
V<br />
Humidity, Precipitation and BatteryDIMM Measurements<br />
Humidity: +<br />
Battery voltage: +<br />
Humidity limit (85%): Seeing<br />
Strehl<br />
Flux<br />
Scintillation<br />
Update time -----<br />
Precipitation: Airmass +<br />
arcsec Aperture 1 Aperture 2 Aperture 1 Aperture 2 Background Aperture 1 Aperture 2<br />
2008-07-28 05:48:43 0.765 0.62 0.72 1.091 5719 3959 27 0.053 0.041<br />
Used<br />
(%)<br />
Item<br />
Disk<br />
Wind Direction: +<br />
Avail<br />
(GB)<br />
Used<br />
(%)<br />
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Solar panel system voltage<br />
MASS Measurements<br />
Update time 2008-07-28 05:50:06 Voltage (V) 24.014 Solar Radiation (W/m 2<br />
Seeing<br />
2 ) 19.3<br />
C n Pr<strong>of</strong>iles<br />
Update time<br />
arcsec<br />
Voltage plot<br />
0.5 1.0 2.0 4.0 8.0 16.0<br />
Voltage: + Solar radiation: +
Site Testing Deployment Schedule<br />
Weather Station<br />
DIMM<br />
MASS<br />
SODAR<br />
ASCA<br />
Sonic<br />
Dust<br />
30m Tower<br />
IRMA<br />
Decomissioned<br />
Time Active<br />
Tolar Armazones Tolonchar<br />
San Pedro<br />
Martir<br />
Mauna Kea 13N<br />
April 2003 July 2003 November 2005 October 2004 June 2005<br />
October 2003 November 2004 November 2005 October 2004 June 2005<br />
January 2004 November 2004 January 2006 October 2004 July 2005<br />
------ March 2005 February 2006 March 2006 October 2005<br />
October 2005 October 2005 November 2005 July 2005 June 2006<br />
February 2006 February 2006 March 2006 May 2006 November 2005<br />
February 2006 February 2006 March 2006 May 2006 November 2005<br />
------ September 2006 March 2007 December 2005 ------<br />
------ January 2007 March 2007 ------ February 2007<br />
March 2007 November 2009 November 2008 August 2008 June 2008<br />
47 months 76 months 36 months 46 months 36 months<br />
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Monthly Site Comparison<br />
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Candidate Sites Results<br />
Wind Roses<br />
North<br />
Tolar<br />
Armazones<br />
Tolonchar<br />
– 7 m sonic anemometer wind roses for all<br />
sites, night time data only<br />
– The dotted circles show the frequency <strong>of</strong><br />
occurrence <strong>of</strong> the respective directions in 2%<br />
steps<br />
– Colors indicate windspeeds:
Seeing Seeing Rose Rose<br />
Mauna Kea 13N<br />
Mauna Kea 13N<br />
North<br />
– DIMM seeing as<br />
function <strong>of</strong> 7 m wind<br />
direction<br />
– The dotted circles<br />
show the frequency<br />
<strong>of</strong> occurrence <strong>of</strong> the<br />
respective<br />
directions in 2%<br />
steps<br />
– Colors = seeing:<br />
Available Data<br />
Weather station<br />
DIMM<br />
MASS<br />
Sonic<br />
Dust<br />
30m Tower<br />
30m Weather<br />
Total<br />
Tolar Armazones Tolonchar<br />
San Pedro<br />
Martir<br />
Mauna<br />
Kea 13N<br />
Total<br />
measurements<br />
Data points<br />
777,731 1,883,934 960,237 861,021 740,290 5,223,213 9<br />
286,874 372,368 194,022 229,311 216,219 1,298,794 15<br />
205,153 295,717 106,753 152,752 139,810 900,185 8+<br />
120,411 332,780 386,651 425,009 345,381 1,610,232 3<br />
64,947 116,336 132,803 87,912 101,652 503,650 8<br />
------ 3,543,867 2,151,083 ------ ------ 5,694,950 9<br />
------ 1,296,835 662,016 ------ ------ 1,958,851 4<br />
1,455,116 7,841,837 4,593,565 1,756,005 1,543,352 17,189,875 48<br />
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Total number <strong>of</strong> data measurements: 17,189,875<br />
Total number <strong>of</strong> data points: 825,114,000*<br />
Data publicly available at http://sitedata.tmt.org
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And into the future.....
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Thank you!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011<br />
Thank you!
Acknowledgements<br />
The TMT Project gratefully acknowledges the support <strong>of</strong> the TMT partner<br />
institutions. They are the Association <strong>of</strong> Canadian Universities for Research in<br />
Astronomy (ACURA), the Association <strong>of</strong> Universities for Research in Astronomy<br />
(AURA), the California Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology and the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California.<br />
This work was supported, as well, by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the<br />
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the National Optical Astronomy<br />
Observatory, which is operated by AURA under cooperative agreement with the<br />
National Science Foundation, the Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong> Research and<br />
InnovCouncil <strong>of</strong> Canada.<br />
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