Active optics primary mirror support system for the 2.6m VST telescope
Applied Optics, Vol. 49, Issue 8, pp. 1234-1241 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.49.001234
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Abstract
The Very Large Telescope Survey Telescope (VST) is equipped with an active optics system in order to correct low-order aberrations. The
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OCIS Codes
(110.6770) Imaging systems : Telescopes
(220.1000) Optical design and fabrication : Aberration compensation
(350.1260) Other areas of optics : Astronomical optics
(350.1270) Other areas of optics : Astronomy and astrophysics
(110.1080) Imaging systems : Active or adaptive optics
(220.1080) Optical design and fabrication : Active or adaptive optics
ToC Category:
Optical Design and Fabrication
History
Original Manuscript: November 24, 2009
Revised Manuscript: January 25, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: January 26, 2010
Published: March 3, 2010
Citation
Pietro Schipani, Sergio D'Orsi, Luigi Ferragina, Davide Fierro, Laurent Marty, Cesare Molfese, and Francesco Perrotta, "Active optics primary mirror support system for the 2.6m VST telescope," Appl. Opt. 49, 1234-1241 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-49-8-1234
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