Apache Point TripleSpec Owner/User Documentation

Instrument Descriptions

• 2004 SPIE Descriptive Paper

• Cornell's TripleSpec Cookbook (similar to APO, but different...)

Observing

• TripleSpectool Tarballs (IDL Spectral Extraction)

Mechanical Assembly

• Mechanical Drawings

• TripleSpec Photos
  • Assembly
  • Shipping

• Black paint procedures

• Stycast procedures

Care and Maintenance

• Vacuum and Cryogenics

Other

• UVa Lab Testing Reports

  • Cooldown2 summary
    • Herter focus evaluation
  • Cooldown3 summary
    • Herter CD3 focus evaluation
    • Herter CD3 focus update
  • Cooldown4 summary
    • Why UVa did NOT change H1 focus for CD4
  • Persistence Characterization
  • Internal Flexure with Rotation
    • Herter analysis of Cooldown3 flexure
  • Gain and Read Noise
  • Mass and balance
  • Power consumption
  • Pupil Alignment on Secondary

• Commissioning reports

  • Commissioning plan update