Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 30, Issue 23, 3013(2022)

Accurate measurement of deflection of primary and secondary mirrors of large-aperture telescope

Baogang CHEN1...2,*, Jianli WANG1 and Yan ZHANG1 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun30033, China
  • 2College of Instrμment Science and Optoelectronic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei30009, China
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    With continuous increases in the apertures of ground-based telescopes, the size and weight of the lens barrel structure is becoming greater and greater, and the spatial position change of the primary and secondary mirrors caused by the finite rigidity of the structure and the change of the gravity field is becoming increasingly obvious. The accurate measurement and correction of the deflection of the primary and secondary mirrors of a large-aperture telescope is a necessary prerequisite to ensure its imaging quality and pointing accuracy. Based on the structural characteristics of a large-aperture telescope, the factors affecting the position and attitude of the primary and secondary mirrors are analyzed, and an optical measurement method based on the internal focusing collimator is proposed. A telescope with a distance of 5.5 m between the primary and secondary mirrors is measured as an example. The maximum radial offset in the horizontal direction is 196 μm, the maximum radial offset in the vertical direction is 16 μm; the maximum angular deflection in the horizontal direction is 2.6″, and the maximum angular deflection in the vertical direction is 12.8″. Finally, the measurement uncertainty involved in this method is analyzed. The combined standard uncertainty of measuring radial offset is 9 μm, and the combined standard uncertainty of measuring angular deflection is 0.65″, meeting the alignment accuracy of large-aperpure telescopes.

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    Baogang CHEN, Jianli WANG, Yan ZHANG. Accurate measurement of deflection of primary and secondary mirrors of large-aperture telescope[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2022, 30(23): 3013

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    Paper Information

    Received: Sep. 27, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 10, 2023

    The Author Email: CHEN Baogang (cbg0813@163.com)

    DOI:10.37188/OPE.20223023.3013

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