Coma correction of a wobbling subreflector.

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Dec 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996itap...44.1642g&link_type=abstract

IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. (USA), Vol. 44, No. 12, p. 1642 - 1643

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Radio Telescopes: Mm Radiation

Scientific paper

Radio astronomical observations at millimeter wavelengths with Cassegrain telescopes often use on-source/off-source measurements with a wobbling subreflector to eliminate the influence of the Earth's atmosphere. The tilt of the subreflector produces the required beam throw, but also a coma-like wavefront deformation noticeable as a degradation of the beam pattern and a reduction of the main beam power. The authors demonstrate, with measurements made with the IRAM 30-m telescope at 1.3 mm wavelength (230 GHz) of the quasi-point-like source Mars and the extended source Saturn, that it is possible to eliminate (to a large extent) this wavefront deformation when using a near-focus corrector, on the 30-m telescope conveniently located on the co-rotating Nasmyth mirror.

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