Conceptual design for the optomechanical systems of the New Robotic Telescope

Bibcode
2020SPIE11445E..49O
DOI
10.1117/12.2561469
Oria, A.; Torres, M.; Fernandez-Valdivia, J. J.; Gutiérrez, C. M.; García Piñero, A.; Copley, D.; Ranjbar, A.; Gracia Rodríguez, J.
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Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series

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12
2020
Number of authors
8
IAC number of authors
5
Citations
0
Refereed citations
0
Description
The New Robotic Telescope (NRT) will be the largest fully robotic telescope in the world (4-m class). The primary mirror (M1) will be comprised of 18 independent 960 mm hexagonal segments with an actively controlled position to maintain the shape of the optical surface. The secondary mirror (M2) will be a lightweighted circular mirror of 1270 mm of diameter. This contribution presents the conceptual design and preliminary results of the M1 segment support assembly and a first study of two lightweighted substrate candidates for the M2 mirror.
Related projects
NRT with dome 2022
IACTEC Large Telescopes: New Robotic Telescope - NRT
The NRT (New Robotic Telescope) is a project to design and build a 4-meter telescope within five years, which from the ORM will operate in a totally autonomous and robotic way. This form of operation will make it the largest robotic telescope in the world.
Carlos Manuel
Gutiérrez de La Cruz
In progress
Type
Non-refereed
Singular projects
Telescopes
Research and Development
Large telescopes

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