Community Lessons from builders of infrared multi-object spectrographs
Abstract
We present a summary of lessons learned from our community on the design and construction of infrared multi-object spectrographs. As members of the Magellan Infrared Multi-Object Spectrograph (MIRMOS) development team, we were motivated to learn about the most common troubles faced by our colleagues and incorporate measures in our design and assembly plan to address known issues. The lessons are compiled as a result of interviews we carried out with members of the instrument development teams for several multi-object infrared spectrographs. We found considerable overlap in the lessons learned for building this type of instrument; many of which relate to the cryogenic operation of the instruments. In this paper, we will present the compilation of general and specific lessons which we found relevant for the successful development of MIRMOS or any other future cryogenic instruments.
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BibTeX
@misc{ramirez2026community,
title = {{Community Lessons from builders of infrared multi-object spectrographs}},
author = {Solange V. Ramirez and Maren Cosens and Nicholas P. Konidaris II and Francisco Garzón and Brian McLeod and Suzanne Ramsay and Leon Aslan and Robert Barkhouser and Christoph Birk and Julia Brady and Tyson Hare and Stephen C. Hope and Charlie Hull and Karim Kaismoune and Daniel D. Kelson and Gerrad Killion and Alicia Lanz and Jacob McCloskey and Andrew B. Newman and Gwen C. Rudie and William Schoenell and Patricio Schurter and Stephen A. Smee and Jason E. Williams},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.28605},
eprint = {2610.28605},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.28605},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Community Lessons from builders of infrared multi-object spectrographs
AU - Solange V. Ramirez
AU - Maren Cosens
AU - Nicholas P. Konidaris II
AU - Francisco Garzón
AU - Brian McLeod
AU - Suzanne Ramsay
AU - Leon Aslan
AU - Robert Barkhouser
AU - Christoph Birk
AU - Julia Brady
AU - Tyson Hare
AU - Stephen C. Hope
AU - Charlie Hull
AU - Karim Kaismoune
AU - Daniel D. Kelson
AU - Gerrad Killion
AU - Alicia Lanz
AU - Jacob McCloskey
AU - Andrew B. Newman
AU - Gwen C. Rudie
AU - William Schoenell
AU - Patricio Schurter
AU - Stephen A. Smee
AU - Jason E. Williams
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/20
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.28605
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.28605
AB - We present a summary of lessons learned from our community on the design and construction of infrared multi-object spectrographs. As members of the Magellan Infrared Multi-Object Spectrograph (MIRMOS) development team, we were motivated to learn about the most common troubles faced by our colleagues and incorporate measures in our design and assembly plan to address known issues. The lessons are compiled as a result of interviews we carried out with members of the instrument development teams for several multi-object infrared spectrographs. We found considerable overlap in the lessons learned for building this type of instrument; many of which relate to the cryogenic operation of the instruments. In this paper, we will present the compilation of general and specific lessons which we found relevant for the successful development of MIRMOS or any other future cryogenic instruments.
ER -