Focal Surface Attitude Detection for LAMOST

With telescope apertures becoming larger and larger, the deployment of large-field telescopes is becoming increasingly popular. However, optical path calibration is necessary to ensure the image quality of large-field and large-diameter telescopes. In particular, focal plane attitude calibration is...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-05
Main Authors: T -Z Hu, Zhang, Y, X -Q Cui, Y -P Li, X -S Pan, Y Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apertures
Attitudes
Calibration
Focal plane
Image detection
Image quality
Telescopes
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Summary:With telescope apertures becoming larger and larger, the deployment of large-field telescopes is becoming increasingly popular. However, optical path calibration is necessary to ensure the image quality of large-field and large-diameter telescopes. In particular, focal plane attitude calibration is an essential optical path calibration technique that has a direct impact on image quality. In this paper, a focal plane attitude detection method using eight acquisition cameras is proposed based on the calibration requirements of the wide-field telescope, LAMOST. Comparison of simulation and experimental results shows that the detection accuracy of the proposed method can reach 30 arcsec. With additional testing and verification, this method could be used to facilitate regular focal plane attitude calibration for LAMOST as well as other large-field telescopes.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2005.12498