Performance introduction of a 2.5m telescope mount

Guomin Wang; Bozhong Gu; Shihai Yang; Xiang Jiang; Zhiyong Zhang; Yu Ye; Jin Xu

doi:10.1117/12.925948

17 September 2012 Performance introduction of a 2.5m telescope mount

Guomin Wang, Bozhong Gu, Shihai Yang, Xiang Jiang, Zhiyong Zhang, Yu Ye, Jin Xu

Proceedings Volume 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV; 84443U (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925948
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

In recent years, Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology (NIAOT) has made several telescopes for observatories all around the world. In 2011 NIAOT just finished the development of a 2.5m optical/infrared telescope mount. First part of this paper is to introduce the mount structure and their adjustment work. Second part is to give an introduction of the mount performance test methods and test results finished on NIAOT workshop.

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Guomin Wang, Bozhong Gu, Shihai Yang, Xiang Jiang, Zhiyong Zhang, Yu Ye, and Jin Xu "Performance introduction of a 2.5m telescope mount", Proc. SPIE 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, 84443U (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925948

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