A CSO Submillimeter
Active Optics System - DSOS
DSOS
Presentation Agenda
DSOS - RMS Surface Deviations, 1998
DSOS
Specification & Prototyping
DSOS
System Diagram
DSOS
Simplified Block Diagram
DSOS
Standoff Assembly
DSOS
 Dish Wiring & Plumbing
DSOS
System Racks
DSOS
99 Channel Controller Unit
DSOS
99 Channel Controller Unit (cont.)
DSOS
25 Channel Driver Unit
DSOS
25 Channel Driver Unit (cont.)
DSOS - Calibration &
Zenith Angle Lookup Tables
DSOS
Length Change Capability
DSOS
Performance
First Glimmer - 692GHz Rx
14% Improvement
First Light - SHARC2
27% Improvement
DSOS
Performance - Feb. 2003
DSOS - Performance
SHARCII - April 2003
DSOS - Performance
50% Peak, 18% FWHM - 2004
DSOS - Performance
10 µm RMS - April 2005
DSOS - Improvements
70% Improvement - July 2005
SHARC2 Move from Cassegrain to N2
DSOS - Improvements
N2 Optimization
SHARC2 Observations
Fomalhaut & Epsilon Eridani
SHARC2 Observations
Star Formation
SHARC2 Observations
M51/Whirlpool Galaxy
SHARC2 Observations
Antennae Galaxies
SHARC2 Observations
ARP 84
High Redshift Detection
z ~4.4
CSO SHARC2 Collaborations
Variability of Sgr A*
CSO SHARC2 Collaborations
Variability of Sgr A* (2)
DSOS
Conclusion