In a wide-field telescope like the VST, the requirements for alignment are tighter than for traditional instruments. The same amount of misalignment can be negligible in traditional telescopes with fields of some arc minutes, but unacceptable when the field is one order of magnitude larger. We describe the alignment procedure implemented during the telescope commissioning on the Paranal ESO's observatory, as well as the final results. 2012 SPIE.
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The VST alignment: Strategy and results
Umbriaco G.
2012
Abstract
In a wide-field telescope like the VST, the requirements for alignment are tighter than for traditional instruments. The same amount of misalignment can be negligible in traditional telescopes with fields of some arc minutes, but unacceptable when the field is one order of magnitude larger. We describe the alignment procedure implemented during the telescope commissioning on the Paranal ESO's observatory, as well as the final results. 2012 SPIE.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
