Measurement, modeling, and adjustment of the 10.4-m-diameter Leighton telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3357, Issue , 1998, Pages 474-485

  Woody, David P ^a   Serabyn, Eugene ^a,b   Schinckel, Antony ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Caltech Submillimeter Observatory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Radio holography; Radio telescopes; Structural modeling; Surface adjustment; Telescope design

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMBINED SEWERS; DESIGN; GRAVITATION; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; HOLOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENT SCALES; MICROMETERS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTIMIZATION; RADIO TELESCOPES; TELESCOPES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

APERTURE EFFICIENCY; CALTECH SUBMILLIMETER OBSERVATORY (CSO); LONG TERM; RADIO HOLOGRAPHY; SECOND ORDERS; SKY COVERAGE; SPACE FRAMES; STRUCTURAL MODELING; SURFACE ADJUSTMENT; SURFACE ERRORS; SURFACE FIGURE; SURFACE OPTIMIZATION; TELESCOPE DESIGN; ZENITH ANGLES;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 33644542205     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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