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20 June 2000 Suspension assembly of SOFIA: the key subsystem connecting the telescope with the aircraft
Eberhard Sust, Ulrich Weis
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Abstract
One of the main requirements for the SOFIA Telescope Assembly is the achievement of a pointing stability of 0.2 arcsec. For ground based telescopes, this does not appear to be a major problem, caused by the use of heavy foundation to stabilize the telescopes to the ground. But since the SOFIA telescope is mounted into an aircraft, a high technology Suspension Assembly is required.
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Eberhard Sust and Ulrich Weis "Suspension assembly of SOFIA: the key subsystem connecting the telescope with the aircraft", Proc. SPIE 4014, Airborne Telescope Systems, (20 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389109
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KEYWORDS
Telescopes

Vibration isolation

Sensors

Spherical lenses

Switches

Safety

Optical instrument design

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