October 24, 2023
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- Worked with Johnny, who repointed and refocused DIMSUM. The PSFs aren't great, but Johnny confirmed none of them are donuts. They're workable. I set it up to take two bursts every 10 minutes 500 times.
- Gave Larom the IDF EFD hexapod data. She'll get to it sooner than Guillem. She'll model the hexapod X, Y, and Z position as a function of elevation and temperature, compare her results to Chris's results, and seeing if there's a significant difference in the modeling before and after Feb. 2023 (CWFS to WEP), and look at the rms of the model fit.
- Got parts back from the machine shop. They work! We can now solder the photodiode.
- Booked lodging for the trip to Tucson.
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- Met with Larom briefly. She's finished her analysis of the AuxTel hexapod data and is going to write it up.
- Worked on fully integrating the logic timer and electrometer, laser, and spectrometer readings so we can do a full throughput measurement of the CBP!
February 29, 2024
- Long time since I've written here, but more detailed logs are kept in the Nov-Dec, Jan, and Feb Tucson pages: https://confluence.lsstcorp.org/display/LTS/CBP+Tests+February+2024
- Have had Helen purchase an Edmund optics uncoated 18.7 mm EFL lens: https://www.edmundoptics.com/p/12mm-dia-x-18mm-fl-uncoated-uv-plano-convex-lens/8920/