Ed Hileman ; Jacques Sebag ; William Gressler ; Oliver Wiecha ; Michael Warner ; John Andrew ; Bill Schoening
Abstract:
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is an 8.4 meter, 3.5 degree, wide-field survey telescope. The survey mission requires a short slew, settling time of 5 seconds for a 3.5 degree slew. Since it does not include a fast steering mirror, the telescope has stringent vibration limitations during observation. Meeting these requirements will be facilitated by a stiff compact Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) riding on a robust pier and by added damping. The TMA must also be designed to facilitate maintenance. The design is an altitude over azimuth welded and bolted assembly fabricated from mild steel.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014SPIE.9145E..18N
Bibtex reference:
@INPROCEEDINGS{2014SPIE.9145E..18N,
author = {{Neill}, D.~R. and {Hileman}, E. and {Sebag}, J. and {Gressler}, W. and
{Wiecha}, O. and {Warner}, M. and {Andrew}, J. and {Schoening}, B.
},
title = "{Baseline design of the LSST telescope mount assembly}",
booktitle = {Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series},
year = 2014,
series = {Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series},
volume = 9145,
month = jul,
eid = {914518},
pages = {914518},
doi = {10.1117/12.2056432},
adsurl = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014SPIE.9145E..18N},
adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}
