30 October 2024 Regional spherical harmonic model for large telescope pointing error correction
Liwei Mu, Ziang Zhang, Lingtian Diao, Jingqi Fu
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Abstract

We introduce a new model named the regional spherical harmonic model aimed at enhancing the pointing accuracy of alt-azimuth telescopes. Considering that the pointing accuracy of telescopes is influenced by a combination of mechanical and environmental errors, a mathematical model combining spherical harmonics and Fourier series is proposed to address the issue of data discontinuities observed during the observation process. In addition, a regional modeling approach was incorporated to further refine the accuracy. The model was validated using multi-day actual observation data from the Changchun 1-m diameter Cassegrain telescope with an alt-azimuth mounting (Changchun 1-m Telescope). Compared with classical pointing models, the proposed method significantly improves the pointing accuracy after calibration. The azimuth pointing accuracy reached 1.899 arcseconds, and the elevation pointing accuracy reached 0.913 arcseconds.

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Liwei Mu, Ziang Zhang, Lingtian Diao, and Jingqi Fu "Regional spherical harmonic model for large telescope pointing error correction," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 10(4), 044004 (30 October 2024). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.044004
Received: 25 July 2024; Accepted: 4 October 2024; Published: 30 October 2024
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KEYWORDS
Telescopes

Spherical harmonics

Stars

Data modeling

Electrooptical modeling

Large telescopes

Mathematical modeling

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