A New Method for the Alignment of Large Telescopes

Details A New Method for the Alignment of Large Telescopes A New Method for the Alignment of Large Telescopes

Nov 1974

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974msngr...2r...3.&link_type=abstract

The Messenger, vol. 2, p. 3-3

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The full advantages of a large telescope of high optical quality can be achieved only if the optical elements are perfectly aligned. Lateral displacements of the two mirror axes of a Ritchey-Chretien system by a few tenths of a millimetre due to flexure under the unavoidable influence of gravity in different positions of the telescope already show an effect on the quality of the astronomical results, although they are normally not detectable during the time of observation.

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