Calibration at elevation of the WEAVE fibre positioner

Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX(2022)

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WEAVE is the new wide-field spectroscopy facility(1,2,3) for the prime focus of the William Herschel Telescope in La Palma, Spain. Its fibre positioner is essential for the accurate placement of the spectrograph's 960 fibre multiplex. We provide an overview of the recent maintenance, flexure modifications, and calibration measurements conducted at the observatory prior to the final top-end assembly. This work ensures that we have a complete understanding of the positioner's behaviour as it changes orientation during observations. All fibre systems have been inspected and repaired, and the tumbler structure contains new clamps to stiffen both the internal beam and the retractor support disk onto which the field plates attach. We present the updated metrology procedures(4) and results that will be verified on-sky.
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fibre spectroscopy,WEAVE,WHT,robotic positioners,high multiplex spectroscopy,metrology,calibration
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