Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21722203m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #222.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Physics
Optics
Scientific paper
The PS2 telescope is the second in a series of 4 telescopes that are being fabricated for the Pan-STARRS project. Its fabrication is currently in progress and this talk will discuss the current state of this fabrication. The optics for this telescope consist of the primary and secondary mirrors along with 3 large corrector lenses. These have already been purchased from Rayleigh Optical Corporation and are mostly complete. We will show the interferometric measurements of the completed elements. The site and enclosure for PS2 have been chosen to be the old LURE north dome which sits adjacent to the current PS1 telescope on Haleakala, Maui. We will show design renderings for the renovations of this enclosure for the PS2 telescope. The design of the PS2 telescope has small, but significant differences that have been initiated by our experience with PS1. We will discuss these changes. Finally, we will discuss the fabrication schedule for PS2.
The Pan-STARRS construction project is led by the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy with funding support from the United States Air Force AFRL and in partnership with the Maui High Performance Computing Center and MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
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