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Support System for the 1 m ESO Active Optics Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

O. Citterio ,
G. Conti ,
E. Mattaini  and
F. Franza
O. Citterio
Affiliation:
CNR-Istituto Fisica Cosmica, Milan, Italy
G. Conti
Affiliation:
CNR-Istituto Fisica Cosmica, Milan, Italy
E. Mattaini
Affiliation:
CNR-Istituto Fisica Cosmica, Milan, Italy
F. Franza
Affiliation:
ESO, Garching FRG

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The aim of this paper is to describe the support system which has been realized for the 1 m ESO active optics experiment. This experiment has been conceived in order to verify on a smaller scale the concept of the active optics, which is foreseen for the ESO NTT 3.5 m telescope. This concept has been widely discussed in references (1) (2) (3).

For the purpose of completeness we will briefly summarize here the basic concept of the experiment, while we will describe in detail the support system and the characterization of the force actuator.

Type
II. Mirrors and Domes
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 79: Very Large Telescopes, their Instrumentation and Programs , 1984 , pp. 41 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © ESO 1984

References

(1) Wilson, R.N., “Image quality considerations in ESO telescope projects”, Optical Acta, 1982, Vol. 29, No. 7, 985–992.Google Scholar
(2) Wilson, R.N., “Image quality and high resolution in future telescopes”, Proceedings of the ESO conference on “Scientific importance of high angular resolution at I.R. and optical wavelengths”, Munich, 1981, 67–83.Google Scholar
(3) Franza, F., Wilson, R.N., “Status of the European Southern Observatory New Technology Telescope Project”, SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 332, “Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes”, Tucson, 1982, 90–101.Google Scholar
(4) Wilson, R.N., Franza, F., Noethe, L., Tarenghi, M., “The ESO off-line telescope testing technique illustrated with results for the MPIA 2,2 m Telescope II”, Proceedings of this Conference.Google Scholar
(5) Ballio, G., Citterio, O., Contro, R. and Poggi, C., “A finite element approach to the design of the support system for the ESO 1 m active optics experiment”, Proceedings of this Conference.Google Scholar