SITCOMTN-149: An Interim Report on the LSSTComCam On-Sky Campaign

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2574402· OSTI ID:2574402

From 24 October to 11 December 2024, the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory conducted an on-sky campaign using the engineering LSST Commissioning Camera (LSSTComCam) to test the end-to-end functionality of hardware and software, as well as operational procedures. This interim report provides a preliminary technical overview of our understanding of the integrated system performance based tests and analyses conducted during the LSSTComCam on-sky campaign. The objectives are to synthesize what we have learned about the system in a timely way to inform on-going commissioning efforts, and to inform the Rubin science community on the progress of the LSSTComCam on-sky campaign. The report is organized into sections to describe major activities during the campaign, as well as multiple aspects of the demonstrated system and science performance. All of the results presented here are to be understood as work in progress using engineering data and the initial versions of the data processing pipelines; the report is a living document that will be updated as analyses are refined.

• Research Organization: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory; U.S. National Science Foundation National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
• Sponsoring Organization: U.S. National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 2574402
• Report Number(s): Vera C. Rubin Observatory Commissioning Technical Note SITCOMTN-149
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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