Telescope pillar and enclosure vibration control

Dario Mancini; Pietro Schipani

doi:10.1117/12.363811

28 September 1999 Telescope pillar and enclosure vibration control

Dario Mancini, Pietro Schipani

Proceedings Volume 3786, Optomechanical Engineering and Vibration Control; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363811
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

Some considerations about vibrations affecting optical telescopes tracking performance are here reported. They are based on experiences done in some very different case studies. Generally speaking the term noise comprises vibrations induced by the telescope to the pillar and vice versa. In some cases undesired mechanical connections between the telescope and the enclosure can produce the same effects namely a deprezation of the telescope tracking performance. Due to the always-different telescope/enclosure design the solution adopted to resolve vibration problems can also be substantially different.

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Dario Mancini and Pietro Schipani "Telescope pillar and enclosure vibration control", Proc. SPIE 3786, Optomechanical Engineering and Vibration Control, (28 September 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363811

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