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Pointing Errors of Large Telescopes Due to Wind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Bobby L. Ulich
Bobby L. Ulich*
Affiliation:
Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Abstract

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Scaling laws are presented which show the dependence of the tracking error of large telescopes on structural materials, mechanical properties and dimensions of the mount, and wind speed. Based on direct measurements on the Multiple Mirror Telescope, predictions are made for future very large telescopes. It is shown that good tracking can be achieved most of the time even without a traditional dome to block the wind, and this may result in better images by eliminating “dome seeing”.

Type
II. Mirrors and Domes
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 79: Very Large Telescopes, their Instrumentation and Programs , 1984 , pp. 177 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © ESO 1984

References

Woolf, N. J. and Ulich, B. L. 1984, Proceedings of the European Southern Observatory Workshop on “Site Testing for Future Large Telescopes”, No. 18, 163–183.Google Scholar