Abstract
The Greenland Telescope completed its construction, so the commissioning phase has been started since December 2017. Single-dish commissioning has started from the optical pointing which produced the first pointing model, followed by the radio pointing and focusing using the Moon for both the 86 GHz and the 230 GHz receivers. After Venus started to rise from the horizon, the focus positions has been improved for both receivers. Once we started the line pointing using the SiO(2-1) maser line and the CO(2-1) line for the 86 GHz and the 230 GHz receivers, respectively, the pointing accuracy also improved, and the final pointing accuracy turned to be around 3' - 5' for both receivers. In parallel, VLBI commissioning has been performed, with checking the frequency accuracy and the phase stability for all the components that would be used for the VLBI observations. After all the checks, we successfully joined the dress rehearsals and actual observations of the 86 GHz and 230 GHz VLBI observations, The first dress rehearsal data between GLT and ALMA were correlated, and successfully detected the first fringe, which confirmed that the GLT commissioning was successfully performed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII |
Editors | Heather K. Marshall, Jason Spyromilio |
Publisher | SPIE |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510619531 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII 2018 - Austin, United States Duration: 2018 Jun 10 → 2018 Jun 15 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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Volume | 10700 |
ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1996-756X |
Conference
Conference | Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII 2018 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Austin |
Period | 2018/06/10 → 2018/06/15 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering