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Paper Abstract
Following successful commissioning of the SALT Fiber Instrument Feed guidance system, the concept was developed further to re-design the guidance probe currently supporting observations with the Robert Stobie Spectrograph. Major advances of the new system include a compact, modular and line-replaceable design, high optical efficiency, a doubleprobe positioning system allowing both translation and rotation guidance corrections as well as closed-loop focus feedback.
The mechanical and optical designs, the control system architecture and performance aspects of the system are presented. The probe‘s integration with the greater telescope software control system is also discussed.
Paper Details
Date Published: 22 July 2016
PDF: 17 pages
Proc. SPIE 9912, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II, 99125F (22 July 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2231407
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9912:
Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Ramón Navarro; James H. Burge, Editor(s)
PDF: 17 pages
Proc. SPIE 9912, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II, 99125F (22 July 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2231407
Show Author Affiliations
Janus D. Brink, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Ockert J. Strydom, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Stephen N. Hulme, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
Anthony R. Koeslag, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Deneys S. Maartens, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Ockert J. Strydom, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Stephen N. Hulme, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
Anthony R. Koeslag, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Deneys S. Maartens, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Martin Wilkinson, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
Wouter Lochner, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
Keith Browne, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Eben P. Wiid, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Raoul van den Berg, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
Wouter Lochner, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
Keith Browne, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Eben P. Wiid, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
South African Astronomical Observatory (South Africa)
Raoul van den Berg, Southern African Large Telescope (South Africa)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9912:
Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Ramón Navarro; James H. Burge, Editor(s)
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