Gran telescopio canarias: Current status of its optical design and opto-mechanical support system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3352, Issue , 1998, Pages 621-631

  Jochum, Lotti ^a   Castro, Javier ^a   Devaney, Nicholas ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gran telescopio canarias; Optical system; Opto mechanical support

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FOCUSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SPECTROSCOPY;

FOCAL STATIONS; GRAN TELESCOPIO CANARIAS; OPTOMECHANICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0032403394     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319300     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Gran telescopio CANARIAS, conceptual design
2. The design of the keck observatory and telescope
3. Image quality and active optics for the Gran Telescopio Canarias
4. Development of a test rig for the active control of a segmented mirror support system
5. Gran Telescopio de Canarias, banco de pruebas fase II, critical design review