Bibcode
Devaney, Nicholas; Cavaller, Luis; Jochum, Lotti; Bello, C. Delores; Castro, Javier
Referencia bibliográfica
Proc. SPIE Vol. 4003, p. 146-153, Optical Design, Materials, Fabrication, and Maintenance, Philippe Dierickx; Ed.
Fecha de publicación:
7
2000
Número de citas
5
Número de citas referidas
1
Descripción
Modern Acquisition and Guiding systems provide a range of services with
the aim of optimizing telescope performance. These include wavefront
sensing for active optics, fast guiding and measurement of seeing. On a
segmented-mirror telescope, the Acquisition and Guiding system may also
be expected to provide measurements of the piston errors between the
primary mirror segments. The Guacamole (GUiding, Acquisition and
CAlibration MOduLE) system of the 10 m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC)
has been designed to provide all of these services. Complete systems
will be installed at each of the GTC Nasmyth foci. The requirements of
this system are presented and a preliminary design is described.