Progress on the UKIRT upgrades program

Nicholas P. Rees; Stefan Hippler

doi:10.1117/12.284221

18 September 1997 Progress on the UKIRT Upgrades programme

Nicholas P. Rees, Stefan Hippler

Proceedings Volume 3112, Telescope Control Systems II; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.284221
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

All the major components of the United Kingdom Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) Upgrades program are now in place. The thrust of the program has shifted to developing the new telescope capabilities so that performance is maintained under real observing conditions. This paper presents an overview of the current state of affairs and focuses on how we have implemented the secondary mirror and fast guide systems and how we control the active primary mirror system to minimize the telescope aberrations.

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Nicholas P. Rees and Stefan Hippler "Progress on the UKIRT Upgrades programme", Proc. SPIE 3112, Telescope Control Systems II, (18 September 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.284221

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