P2.9 Science detector calibrations (on the telescope)

• Phase : 2
• Status : Draft
• Category : Daytime testing (functionality and operability) (C3) + Daytime calibration (C4)
• Recurrence : on a regular basis as per the requirement
• Duration : 1 day

Description

• After installing the SHARK-NIR at the LBT platform, the science detector is tested for all its read-out modes, windowing possibilities. Also, some of the calibration scripts are rechecked.

Prerequisites

• SCICAM cooled down.

Procedure

• Repeat the science calibrations below (some of these are performed when SHARK-NIR was in the LBT cleanroom or at Padova cleanroom. Check P1.11) for details.

Code	Activity	Location to perform this test
SDC1	Instrumental background for science	Padova / LBT cleanroom / LBT Platform
SDC2	Instrument flat field, detector linearity and bad pixels	Padova / LBT cleanroom
SDC3	Wavelength calibration	Padova / LBT cleanroom?
SDC4	Thermal background	Padova / LBT cleanroom / LBT Platform
SDC5	Detector gain	Padova / LBT cleanroom / LBT Platform?
SDC6	Detector persistence	Padova / LBT cleanroom / LBT Platform?
SDC7	Spectral resolution	Padova / LBT cleanroom
SDC8	Ghost calibration	Padova

Templates

• SHARKNIR_cal_InstrumentBackground (not released)
• SHARKNIR_gen_cal_InstrumentFlatField (not released)
• SHARKNIR_lss_cal_Wavelength (not released)
• SHARKNIR_gen_mon_ThermalBackground (not released)
• SHARKNIR_di_mon_DetectorGain (not released)
• SHARKNIR_ci_mon_DetectorPersistence (not released)
• SHARKNIR_lss_mon_SpectraResolution (not released)
• SHARKNIR_cal_mon_Ghost (not released)

Success criteria

• All calibrations are successfully tested.
• All relevant information (files) are saved in the repository.

Notes

• The time dedicated to this activity has to be considered in combination with other activities. Parallelism is possible.

LBTO support

Date performed and by whom