Alignment of the ESPRESSO Coudé train on the ESO VLT

Gerardo Avila; Alexandre Cabral; Joao Pinto Coelho; Pedro Santos; Catarina Silva; Bernard Delabre; Denis Megevand; Manuel Abreu; Antonio Oliveira; Marco Riva; M. Aliverti; G. Pariani

doi:10.1117/12.2231597

22 July 2016 Alignment of the ESPRESSO Coudé train on the ESO VLT

Gerardo Avila, Alexandre Cabral, Joao Pinto Coelho, Pedro Santos, Catarina Silva, Bernard Delabre, Denis Megevand, Manuel Abreu, Antonio Oliveira, Marco Riva, M. Aliverti, G. Pariani

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Proceedings Volume 9912, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II; 99124L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231597
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

ESPRESSO is a high resolution UV-vis spectrograph that will be placed in the combined Coudé laboratory of the ESO VLT. The instrument is in its assembly phase and the Coudé optics will start to be mounted at the telescope in the first quarter of 2016. This paper describes the optics of the train and the strategies for its alignment taking into account the main constraints: accessibility, mechanical, as per built optics, tolerances and tools.

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Gerardo Avila, Alexandre Cabral, Joao Pinto Coelho, Pedro Santos, Catarina Silva, Bernard Delabre, Denis Megevand, Manuel Abreu, Antonio Oliveira, Marco Riva, M. Aliverti, and G. Pariani "Alignment of the ESPRESSO Coudé train on the ESO VLT", Proc. SPIE 9912, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II, 99124L (22 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231597

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