ASM: a scaled down Active Segmented Mirror for the Active Phasing Experiment

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The construction of extremely large telescope is only possible with a segmented primary mirror. The phasing of the primary mirror due to its size and its number of segments is a main concern at the European Southern Observatory. The European Southern Observatory has developed a test bench called Active Phasing Experiment to study new phasing technology and new telescope control system. The key subsystem of this experiment is a scaled down Active Segmented Mirror (ASM) composed of sixty-one hexagonal segments of seventeen millimeters side to side. Each hexagonal mirror can all be controlled in piston, tip and tilt. The integration of this jewel piece of opto-mechanic started after the successful results obtained with the manufacturing of a prototype composed of only seven modules.

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