LAMOST低分辨率光谱仪体位相全息光栅的参数测量

对LAMOST (Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope) 16台低分辨率光谱仪共34块体位相全息光栅(VPHG)的参数进行了系统测试,给出了测试方法和测量结果,测量参数包括光栅的刻线密度、闪耀角、衍射效率曲线以及闪耀角偏差对衍射效率的影响等,测量的数据为LAMOST光谱仪的安装提供了依据.     

均值漂移算法在LAMOST动态选星中的应用

将均值漂移算法运用于LAMOST动态选星过程,用以寻找局部天区内观测目标密度最高的区域进行观测.通过模拟试验分析了在不同的天区覆盖方法对均值漂移算法观测效率的影响,并与使用最大密度算法得到的结果进行了比较,证实了均值漂移算法的优越性.     

LAMOST子镜镀膜研究进展

对大口径光学/红外天文望远镜而言,为保障其稳定高效运行,镜面镀膜是重要的维护环节之一.镀膜质量的好坏直接影响镜面光学反射率的高低,也严重影响到天文望远镜的成像质量、观测效率.国家重大科技基础设施—大天区面积多目标光纤光谱天文望远镜(Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope, LAMOST,又名郭守敬望远镜)自2009年6月通过国家竣工验收并逐步投入巡天观测,目前已进入第2个5 yr巡天计划阶段,取得近两千万的光谱产出和大批高显示度的科学成果. LAMOST共拥有24块施密特改正镜子镜和37块球面主镜子镜,为了确保在野外恶劣观测环境下镜面反射率维持在较高水平,每年要对大批子镜进行镀膜.主要介绍了镀膜需求、镀膜设备,并基于大量实验和多年的完善探索出一套可行的镀膜工艺流程,确保了LAMOST子镜极高的镀膜质量.镀膜后子镜平均反射率高达90%以上,满足了LAMOST光谱巡天的镜面反射率要求.     

EfficientNetV2-S-Triplet7: 一种改进的星系newline 形态学分类算法

星系的形态与星系的形成和演化息息相关, 其形态学分类是星系天文学后续研究的重要一环. 当前海量天文观测数据的出现使得天文数据自动分析方法越来越得到重视, 针对此问题, 利用先进的深度学习骨干网络EfficientNetV2, 分析不同的注意力机制类型和使用节点对网络性能的影响, 构建了一种命名为EfficientNetV2-S-Triplet7 (即在EfficientNetV2-S stage7的$1\times1$卷积层后加入Triplet模块)的改进算法模型来实现星系形态学的自动分类. 使用第二期星系动物园(Galaxy Zoo 2, GZ2)中超过24万张的测光图像作为初始数据进行实验测试. 在对数据进行预处理时采取了尺寸抖动、翻转、色彩畸变等图像增强手段来解决图像数量的不平衡问题. 在同一系列经典和前沿的深度学习算法模型AlexNet、ResNet-34、MobileNetV2、RegNet进行对比实验后, 得出EfficientNetV2-S-Triplet7算法在分类准确率、查全率和F1分数等指标上具有最好的测试结果. 在9375张测试图像中的3项指标值分别可达到89.03%、90.21%、89.93%, 查准率达到89.69%, 在其他模型中排在第3位. 该结果表明将EfficientNetV2-S-Triplet7算法应用于大规模星系数据的形态学分类任务中有很好的效果.     

基于粒子群优化的LAMOST初始波长定标方法

大天区面积多目标光纤光谱天文望远镜(Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope,LAMOST)初始波长定标操作,对于在先验定标系数附近搜索解空间内的每一点,通过插值法生成对应定标系数下的虚拟定标灯谱,再将生成的虚拟定标灯谱与实测定标灯谱作互相关运算,使得相关系数最大时对应的定标系数即为初始定标结果,其实质是一个多参数寻优问题.粒子群优化是一种基于群体智能的随机全局优化算法,具有实现简单、精度高、收敛快的特点.鉴于粒子群优化的优异性能,提出一种基于粒子群优化的LAMOST初始波长定标方法,并设计相应算法和测试实验.实验结果表明,基于粒子群优化的LAMOST初始波长定标在收敛性、解的质量、运行时间等方面都优于基于改进遗传算法参数寻优方法.     

CCD图像数字定心算法的比较

从CCD采集的数字图像中提取天体的位置和光度信息对于天文研究具有基础意义.其中,恒星星像中心像素位置的精确测量对于天体测量至关重要.针对国际上常用的三种位置测量算法:修正矩方法、Gauss拟合法和中值法,利用实测的CCD图像进行了试验研究.具体地,采用云南天文台1m望远镜观测的CCD图像同时使用这些算法进行了实际测量,根据每幅图像中测得的像素位置,对这三类定心算法进行了比较和精度分析.可视化方法被用于不同阈值的选取和设定比较.实验数据表明,无阈值的二维Gauss拟合方法是一种精度相对较高的定心算法.     

近地天体望远镜的PSF分布研究

盱眙近地天体望远镜CCD视场为1.94°×1.94°,作为大视场望远镜由于存在场曲现象,因此根据单颗星像调焦会导致PSF(Point Spread Function)分布不均匀.研究所拍摄图像的PSF分布特征,并通过拟合半高全宽和离焦量的函数关系模拟出弯曲焦面,从而确定出最佳成像平面.制定出根据PSF的半高全宽直方图来判断最佳成像平面的调焦方法.     

30m级光学/红外望远镜的宽视场多目标光谱仪

宽视场多目标光谱仪具有宽波段、多分辨率模式和高通光效率的特点,是极大望远镜终端仪器使用率最高的通用型仪器. 30 m级望远镜的宽视场多目标光谱仪因体量和成本急剧增加而面临重要挑战,同时天文学的不断发展对天文新技术的发展提出了更高的要求,尤其是多个巡天项目对于多目标光谱后随观测的迫切需求.综述了几类宽视场多目标光谱仪的发展现状,介绍了国际3架30 m望远镜宽视场多目标光谱仪概念设计的最新进展和仪器特点,着重介绍了中国参与研制的30 m望远镜(TMT)中的宽视场多目标光谱仪的相关进展.     

基于嵌入式人工智能设备的流星光学监测系统

流星光学监测网是定位陨石和观测火流星的基础科研设施. 流星光学监测系统利用光学相机高速采集天空图像, 使用嵌入式系统实时处理数据, 能够快速识别流星并获取流星位置和陨石落点信息, 是构成流星监测网的关键仪器. 为提高流星光学监测系统获取信息的实时性及准确性, 提出了一种基于嵌入式人工智能设备的流星光学监测系统. 该系统由软件及硬件部分组成: 硬件部分包括观测设备(商用高空抛物摄像头)以及数据处理设备(嵌入式人工智能设备); 软件部分运行于数据处理设备内, 主要包括控制界面模块、流星监测模块、数据管理模块. 实际工作时, 摄像头采集天空视频信息, 流星监测模块从视频流中实时监测流星并存储包含流星视频的数据, 数据管理模块将流星位置信息实时传回数据中心用于预警. 观测结束后, 将原始观测数据同步至数据中心用于后续科学研究. 在整个系统中, 流星监测模块决定了整个监测系统的实时性及准确性. 该系统采用嵌入式人工智能设备与人工智能算法结合的方法构建流星监测模块. 通过使用实测数据对搭载监测模块性能进行测试, 结果表明: 流星监测模块能够达到0.28%的低误检率以及100%的召回率, 且数据处理速度达到了Mobilenetv2的8倍. 进一步将包含监测模块的整个流星光学监测系统部署于太原理工大学-张壁古堡远程天文台, 通过实测表明流星光学监测系统实用中能达到100%的召回率和较低的误检率.     

针对ASO-S/HXI光栅摆放角分布的测试与分析

先进天基太阳天文台(ASO-S)卫星的3大载荷之一硬X射线成像仪(Hard X-ray Imager, HXI)是一套基于傅立叶变换调制成像技术的望远镜.它利用91组不同摆放角和节距的光栅子准直器排列摆布,获得45个基于空间调制的傅立叶变换对,重建太阳耀斑源30–200 keV的硬X射线像,最高分辨率可达3.1′′.在光栅节距已经确定的前提下,它的摆放角分布仍会影响成像质量.通过对HXI仪器傅立叶分量μν分布与点扩散函数(PSF)的空间演化关系分析研究,寻求HXI光栅摆放角的最优分布.其结果将作为改进HXI仪器设计和开发相应科学分析软件的依据.     

Techniques for reducing fiber‐fed and integral‐field spectroscopy data: An implementation on R3D

This paper describes the general characteristics of raw data from fiber‐fed spectrographs in general and fiber‐fed IFUs in particular. The different steps of the data reduction are presented, and the techniques used to address the unusual characteristics of these data are described in detail. These techniques have been implemented in a specialized software package, R3D, developed to reduce fiber‐based integral field spectroscopy (IFS) data. The package comprises a set of command‐line routines adapted for each of these steps, suitable for creating pipelines. The routines have been tested against simulations, and against real data from various integral field spectrographs (PMAS, PPAK, GMOS, VIMOS and INTEGRAL). Particular attention is paid to the treatment of cross‐talk. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

HARP/ACSIS: a submillimetre spectral imaging system on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

This paper describes a new Heterodyne Array Receiver Program (HARP) and Auto-Correlation Spectral Imaging System (ACSIS) that have recently been installed and commissioned on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. The 16-element focal-plane array receiver, operating in the submillimetre from 325 to 375 GHz, offers high (three-dimensional) mapping speeds, along with significant improvements over single-detector counterparts in calibration and image quality. Receiver temperatures are ∼120 K across the whole band, and system temperatures of ∼300 K are reached routinely under good weather conditions. The system includes a single-sideband (SSB) filter so these are SSB values. Used in conjunction with ACSIS, the system can produce large-scale maps rapidly, in one or more frequency settings, at high spatial and spectral resolution. Fully sampled maps of     size can be observed in under 1 h.
The scientific need for array receivers arises from the requirement for programmes to study samples of objects of statistically significant size, in large-scale unbiased surveys of galactic and extra-galactic regions. Along with morphological information, the new spectral imaging system can be used to study the physical and chemical properties of regions of interest. Its three-dimensional imaging capabilities are critical for research into turbulence and dynamics. In addition, HARP/ACSIS will provide highly complementary science programmes to wide-field continuum studies and produce the essential preparatory work for submillimetre interferometers such as the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA).     

The Coudé Echelle Spectrograph for the Xinglong 2.16m Telescope

1 INTRODUCTIONAdvances in stellar astronorw depend on the available spectroscopic information, and henceon the performance of the spectrograPh. In order to obtain high resolution spectra, a coud6 focusis usually designed in most xnodern large telescopes which can provide information of stellarabundance and chemical evolution of galtales. With dramatic development of the modernelectronic detector, crossdispersed echelle spectrographs can image the whole visible spectrawith high resolutiOn …     

Comparing modal noise and FRD of circular and non‐circular cross‐section fibres

Modal noise is a common source of noise introduced to the measurements by optical fibres and is particularly important for fibre‐fed spectroscopic instruments, especially for high‐resolution measurements. This noise source can limit the signal‐to‐noise ratio and jeopardize photon‐noise limited data. The subject of the present work is to compare measurements of modal noise and focal‐ratio degradation (FRD) for several commonly used fibres. We study the influence of a simple mechanical scrambling method (excenter) on both FRD and modal noise. Measurements are performed with circular and octagonal fibres from Polymicro Technology (FBP‐Series) with diameters of 100, 200, and 300μm and for square and rectangular fibres from CeramOptec, among others. FRD measurements for the same sample of fibres are performed as a function of wavelength. Furthermore, we replaced the circular fibre of the STELLA‐échelle‐spectrograph (SES) in Tenerife with an octagonal and found a SNR increase by a factor of 1.6 at 678 nm. It is shown in the laboratory that an excenter with a large amplitude and low frequency will not influence the FRD but will reduce modal noise rather effectively by up to 180%. (© 2016 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

An experimental investigation of immersed gratings

A generic problem with spectrographs equipped with conventional diffraction gratings is that the maximum attainable spectral resolution scales inversely with the telescope aperture for a fixed grating dimension and angular slit width. It has long been realized that immersed gratings, where a prism is attached to the surface of a reflection grating, offer a means to bypass this limit. We show how, for the case of the Gemini Multiobject Spectrographs, the maximum spectral resolution may be approximately doubled, or, equivalently, how the same spectral resolution may be obtained with a wider slit, resulting in improved throughput when observing extended objects.
After reviewing the theory of immersed gratings, we present experimental verification of the theory and experimentally quantify two potential drawbacks: reduced throughput at blaze, and ghost images . We show that these effects are small and conclude that the benefits greatly outweigh the disadvantages.     

Properties of optical fibres at cryogenic temperatures

A perhaps surprising property of optical fibres is that they remain flexible at cryogenic temperatures. This implies that they may be used for multiple-object and integral field spectroscopy in the thermal infrared in cryogenic instrumentation. In this paper the results of performance tests of optical fibres (silica and zirconium fluoride) at cryogenic temperatures are presented. By mounting the fibres in glass tubes with the appropriate adhesive, it was found that only negligible focal ratio degradation occurs when the fibre is cooled to 77 K.