A fully automated digitally controlled 30-inch telescope

Details A fully automated digitally controlled 30-inch telescope A fully automated digitally controlled 30-inch telescope

Aug 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975pasp...87..565c&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications, vol. 87, Aug. 1975, p. 565-575. NASA-supported research

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Computer Techniques, Digital Systems, Pointing Control Systems, Remote Control, Telescopes, Astronomical Photometry, Automatic Control, Electric Motors, Microwave Transmission, Mounting, Television Systems

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A fully automated 30-inch (75-cm) telescope has been successfully designed and constructed from a military surplus Nike-Ajax radar mount. Novel features include: closed-loop operation between mountain telescope and campus computer 30 km apart via microwave link, a TV-type sensor which is photon shot-noise limited, a special lightweight primary mirror, and a stepping motor drive capable of slewing and settling one degree in one second or a radian in fifteen seconds.

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