Photo credits: GMTNIRS telescope rendering – GMT; all other images – Center for Electromechanics, University of Texas @ Austin
Photo credits: GMTNIRS telescope rendering – GMT; all other images – Center for Electromechanics, University of Texas @ Austin
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is scheduled for commissioning in 2024 and is one of the next generation of extremely large ground-based telescopes. The University of Texas Astronomy Department, in partnership with The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) and Kyung Hee University, were selected to perform a conceptual design of one of six possible first-light instruments to be installed on the GMT: the High-Resolution Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRS). In part because of CEM’s contributions, GMTNIRS was ultimately selected as a first-generation instrument for GMT.
Design / Solid Modeling:
Analysis:
Performed all steady state and transient thermal analyses, which also guided placement of the cryocoolers. Requirements included:
Publication:
T.A. Beets, J.H. Beno, M.S. Worthington, “GMTNIRS mechanical design,” Proc. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 1-6, 2012, paper no. 8446-301.