Tracking system of LAMOST telescope

Zheng qiu Yao; Guoping Li

doi:10.1117/12.319303

25 August 1998 Tracking system of LAMOST telescope

Zheng qiu Yao, Guoping Li

Proceedings Volume 3352, Advanced Technology Optical/IR Telescopes VI; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319303
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 1998, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

The Large Sky Area Multiobject Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) has an extraordinary structure, its spherical primary mirror M_B is fixed. The optical axis from M_A to M_B is tilted 25 degree(s) from horizontal direction. This structure has the advantage of compact, light, low cost, it is similar to a horizontal Meridian Circle, but different in many structure details. The M_A has the alt-azimuth mounting. While observing, M_A should be rotating in altitude and azimuth direction to tracking the celestial objects, at the same time the focal plane should be rotating for certain angle. For observing different sky area the focal plane will tilt a small angle. When the temperature changes, the focal plane can focusing. This paper describes the preliminary design of the tracking system for LAMOST telescope. That include the Schmidt corrector M_A system and focal plane system. For the M_A system there are driving and supporting mechanism of altitude axis, diving and supporting mechanism of azimuth axis. For the focal plane system, there are five subsystems: base, frame, field rotator, focusing mechanism and tilting mechanism. The analyses for the tracking system are presented in this paper.

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Zheng qiu Yao and Guoping Li "Tracking system of LAMOST telescope", Proc. SPIE 3352, Advanced Technology Optical/IR Telescopes VI, (25 August 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319303

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