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Title:
Improvement of the pointing accuracy of the Subaru Telescope by suppressing vibrations
Authors:
Kanzawa, Tomio; Tomono, Daigo; Usuda, Tomonori; Takato, Naruhisa; Negishi, Satoru; Sugahara, Shinji; Ito, Noboru
Affiliation:
AA(Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (USA)), AB(Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (USA)), AC(Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (USA)), AD(Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (USA)), AE(Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (USA)), AF(Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Japan)), AG(Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Japan))
Publication:
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes. Edited by Stepp, Larry M.. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6267, pp. 62673J (2006). (SPIE Homepage)
Publication Date:
07/2006
Origin:
SPIE
DOI:
10.1117/12.670629
Bibliographic Code:
2006SPIE.6267E.116K

Abstract

The Subaru Telescope has been operated smoothly for eight years after its first light. With the advent of instruments with high spatial resolution such as the adaptive optics, elongation of images has been noticed towards specific azimuth (AZ) and elevation (EL). With accelerometers with high time resolution, we detected vibrations of the telescope and could attribute the elongation of images to the vibrations. The detected vibrations are at 3.6 Hz and at 7-9 Hz in AZ direction and at 5-6 Hz in EL direction. Image motion due to these vibrations is 0.4 arcsec peak-to-peak at maximum, which is not negligible compared to image motion of 0.063 arcsec rms in quiescent state. The motion, which can not be canceled with the auto guider, results in elongation of images. The 3.6 Hz vibration in AZ direction is only excited while culmination EL of above 80 degrees. The 7-9 Hz vibration in AZ direction and the 5-6 Hz vibration in EL direction are excited by periodic errors in incremental encoders which are used to measure velocity of telescope rotation. We investigated possibilities to reduce the vibrations with tuning control loops of the AZ and EL axes.
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