Telescope + Camera + Site PhoSim Command

Large Professional Telescopes

Rubin (LSST) + Main Camera + Cerro Pachon, Chile -i lsst

Rubin (LSST) + Commissioning Camera + Cerro Pachon, Chile -i lsst_comcam

Rubin (LSST) + Collimated Beam projector + Cerro Pachon, Chile -i lsst_cbp

Rubin Auxiliary Telescope + Cerro Pachon, Chile -i lsst_aux

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) + NirCam SWa + Space (L2) -i nircam_sw_a

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) + NirCam SWb + Space (L2) -i nircam_sw_b

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) + NirCam LWa + Space (L2) -i nircam_lw_a

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) + NirCam LWb + Space (L2) -i nircam_lw_b

WIYN 3.5m + ODI + Kitt Peak, AZ -i wiyn_odi

Pan-STARRS + Main Camera + Haleakala, HI -i pan-starrs

Subaru + Suprime Cam + Mauna Kea, HI -i subaru_suprimecam

Pan-STARRS + Main Camera + Haleakala, HI -i pan-starrs

Subaru + Suprime Cam + Mauna Kea, HI -i subaru_suprimecam

Subaru + Hyper Suprime Cam + Mauna Kea, HI -i subaru_hsc

Blanco + DECam + Cerro Tololo, Chile -i blanco_decam

USNO 1.3m + Main Camera + Flagstaff, AZ -i usno1_3m

Gemini (North) + GMOS Camera + Mauna Kea, HI -i gemini_mk_gmos

KDrift + Main Camera+ BOAO, South Korea -i kdrift

CSST +Main Camera + Space -i csst

WFST + Main Camera + Space -i wfst

TESS + Main Camera + Space -i tess

LBT + Red Camera + Mount Graham, AZ -i lbt_lbc_red

LBT + Blue Camera + Mount Graham, AZ -i lbt_lbc_blue

Hale Telescope 200” + Main Camera + Palomar, CA -i palomar_hale_prime_200in

Smaller Amateur or Historical Telescopes and Optical Systems

Celestron 14” + Main Sensor + Default -i celestronEdgeHD14

Celestron 11” + Main Sensor + Default -i celestronEdgeHD11

Celestron 9.25” + Main Sensor + Default -i celestronEdgeHD9.25

Celestron 8” + Main Sensor + Default -i celestronEdgeHD8

Astro Boiler Telescope (ABT) + Main Sensor + West Lafayette, IN -i abt

Bushnell 78-9930 + Retina + Default -i bushnell-78-9930

Galileo’s Telescope + Retina + Venice, Italy -i galileo

Human Eye + Retina + Default -i eye

Generic Telescopes: 

The generic telescope is a simple design of a parabolic mirror with a simple lens and one chip focal plane.  There are a range of aperture sizes, f-numbers, and filter sets.  This is not a great telescope design, but it can be useful.  The standard filters are 0=U, 1=B, 2=V, 3=R, 4=I, 5=u, 6=g, 7=r, 8=i, 9=z, and the IR filters are 0=Y, 1=J, 2=H, 3=K, 4=Kp, 5=Ks, 6=Lp, 7=Mp.  The default location is a ground-based observatory at (lat,lon)=(0,0), but can easily be overridden with the --site option.   In the PhoSim command, {Size} should be replaced with the desired aperture size (e.g. 10m).

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/4 optical system + Optical Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/4 optical system + IR Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}_ir

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/1 optical system + Optical Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}_n1

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/1 optical system + IR Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}_n1_ir

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/2 optical system + Optical Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}_n2

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/2 optical system + IR Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}_n2_ir

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/8 optical system + Optical Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}_n8

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/8 optical system + IR Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}_n8_ir

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/16 optical system + Optical Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}_n16

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/16 optical system + IR Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}_n16_ir

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/24 optical system + Optical Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}_n24

10m, 4m, 2m, 1m, 40cm, 20cm, 10cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm with f/24 optical system + IR Camera + Default -i generic_{Size}_n24_ir

How to Simulate Unimplemented Telescopes using the Generic Approach:  

This will not be a great implementation compared to a full telescope implementation, but it would crudely get the platescale and zeropoint correct.   For some applications, such as planning observations or generating training data, this may be sufficient.  If you want to help fully implement a particular telescope, please contact the PhoSim team.  A dozen major telescopes are listed as examples below.

Gran Telescopia Canarias (GTC) + Optical Camera + Canary Islands -i generic_10m_n16 --site=canary_observatory

Gran Telescopia Canarias (GTC) + IR Camera + Canary Islands -i generic_10m_n16_ir --site=canary_observatory

Keck 1 & 2 + Optical Camera + Mauna Kea, HI -i generic_10m_n2 --site=mauna_kea_observatory

Keck 1 & 2 + IR Camera + Mauna Kea, HI -i generic_10m_n2_ir --site=mauna_kea_observatory

SALT + Optical Camera + South African Observatory, South Africa -i generic_10m_n8 --site=south_african_observatory

VLT + Optical Camera + Cerro Paranal -i generic_10m_n16 --site=paranal_observatory

VLT + IR Camera + Cerro Paranal -i generic_10m_n16_ir --site=paranal_observatory

Gemini South + Optical Camera + Cerro Pachon, Chile -i generic_10m_n16 --site=cerro_pachon_observatory

Gemini South + IR Camera + Cerro Pachon, Chile -i generic_10m_n16_ir --site=cerro_pachon_observatory

MMT + Optical Camera + Whipple Observatory, AZ -i generic_10m_n2 --site=whipple_observatory

MMT +  IR Camera + Whipple Observatory, AZ -i generic_10m_n2_ir --site=whipple_observatory

Magellan + Optical Camera + Las Campanas Observatory, Chile -i generic_10m_n1 --site=las_campanas_observatory

Magellan + IR Camera + Las Campanas Observatory, Chile -i generic_10m_n1_ir --site=las_campanas_observatory

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) + Optical Camera + Space -i generic_2m_n24 --site=space

Euclid + Optical Camera + Space -i generic_1m_n24 –site=space

Euclid + IR Camera + Space -i generic_1m_n24_ir --site=space

Roman + IR Camera + Space -i generic_2m_n8_ir --site=space