@inproceedings{9a9a38478c184c3ab70194cf679defbc,
title = "The WIYN one degree imager in 2018: An extended 30-detector focal plane",
abstract = "We report on the upgraded One Degree Imager (ODI) at the WIYN 3.5 meter telescope at the Kitt Peak Observatory after the focal plane was expanded by an additional seventeen detectors in spring 2015. The now thirty Orthogonal Transfer Array CCD detectors provide a total field of view of 40' x 48' on the sky. The newly added detectors underwent a design revision to mitigate reduced charge transfer efficiency under low light conditions. We discuss the performance of the focal plane and challenges in the photometric calibration of the wide field of view, helped by the addition of telescope baffles. In a parallel project, we upgraded the instrument's three filter arm mechanisms, where a degrading worm-gear mechanism was replaced by a chain drive that is operating faster and with high reliability. Three more filters, a u' band and two narrow band filters were added to the instrument's complement, with two additional narrow band filters currently in procurement (including an Hα filter). We review the lessons learned during nearly three years of operating the instrument in the observatory environment and discuss infrastructure upgrades that were driven by ODI's needs.",
keywords = "CCD, Ground based instrumentation, Observatory Operations, Orthogonal Transfer Array, WIYN Observatory, wide field imaging",
author = "Harbeck, {Daniel R.} and Mike Lesser and Wilson Liu and Bob Stupak and Ron George and Ron Harris and Gary Poczulp and Jayadev Rajagopal and Ralf Kotulla and David Ouellete and Hooper, {Eric J.} and Michael Smith and Dustin Mason and Peter Onaka and Greg Chin and Emily Hunting and Robert Christensen",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 SPIE. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII 2018 ; Conference date: 10-06-2018 Through 14-06-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1117/12.2311528",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781510619579",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Luc Simard and Luc Simard and Evans, {Christopher J.} and Hideki Takami",
booktitle = "Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII",
}