Progress at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope

Steve C. West; Robert H. Nagel; David Allen Harvey; A. Brar; B. Phillips; J. Ray; Thomas J. Trebisky; Richard H. Cromwell; Neville J. Woolf; Chris Corbally; R. Boyle; Daniel R. Blanco; L. Otten

doi:10.1117/12.268968

21 March 1997 Progress at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope

Steve C. West, Robert H. Nagel, David Allen Harvey, A. Brar, B. Phillips, J. Ray, Thomas J. Trebisky, Richard H. Cromwell, Neville J. Woolf, Chris Corbally, R. Boyle, Daniel R. Blanco, L. Otten

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Proceedings Volume 2871, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.268968
Event: Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, 1996, Landskrona/Hven, Sweden

Abstract

The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope incorporates a fast (f/1.0) borosilicate honeycomb primary mirror and an f/0.9 secondary in an aplanatic Gregorian optical configuration. We provide a brief technical and performance overview by describing the optical layout, the primary and secondary mirror systems, and the telescope drive and control system. Results from a high resolution wavefront sensor and a current wide-field image taken at the f/9 focus demonstrates the overall fine performance of the telescope.

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Steve C. West, Robert H. Nagel, David Allen Harvey, A. Brar, B. Phillips, J. Ray, Thomas J. Trebisky, Richard H. Cromwell, Neville J. Woolf, Chris Corbally, R. Boyle, Daniel R. Blanco, and L. Otten "Progress at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope", Proc. SPIE 2871, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, (21 March 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.268968

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