Italian National Galileo Telescope (TNG) system description and tracking performance in the workshop

Dario Mancini; Enrico Cascone; Pietro Schipani

doi:10.1117/12.277175

23 June 1997 Italian National Galileo Telescope (TNG) system description and tracking performance in the workshop

Dario Mancini, Enrico Cascone, Pietro Schipani

Proceedings Volume 3086, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XI; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.277175
Event: AeroSense '97, 1997, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Galileo National Telescope is a 3.6 meter Alt-Az telescope installed at the Astronomical Observatory of the Roque de Los Muchachos in La Palma, Canary Islands. The Galileo drive and control systems were designed and developed by the Technology Working Group of the Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory, Naples. This paper reports a description of the systems. The telescope test results in the Ansaldo Company workshop, the present situation and the foreseen improvements of the control system are also described.

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Dario Mancini, Enrico Cascone, and Pietro Schipani "Italian National Galileo Telescope (TNG) system description and tracking performance in the workshop", Proc. SPIE 3086, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XI, (23 June 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.277175

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