SALT mirror mount: a high performance, low cost mount for segmented mirrors

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Jan 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003spie.4840..527b&link_type=abstract

Future Giant Telescopes. Edited by Angel, J. Roger P.; Gilmozzi, Roberto. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4840, pp. 527-532 (2

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Segmented mirror telescopes take advantage of modular design to achieve large apertures at low cost. This paper describes the segment mount developed for the Southern African Large Telescope. The mount provides passive precision support for the optics, kinematic registration to the primary mirror truss, precision tip-tilt and piston adjustments, and interchangeability between segments and mounts. A trial production run of mounts is now in fabrication prior to full production of 91 units needed to populate the SALT primary.

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