A rigorous algorithm for telescope pointing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4848, Issue , 2002, Pages 125-136

  Wallace, Patrick ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Pointing; Telescope control; World coordinates

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; USER INTERFACES;

TELESCOPE CONTROL; TELESCOPE POINTING;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0036986310     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460914     Document Type: Conference Paper

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