Citation
Abstract
Extremely large telescopes will be constructed in the near future, and new radio telescopes will operate at significantly higher radio frequencies; both features create significantly increased pointing-accuracy requirements that have to be addressed by control system engineers. This article presents control and pointing problems encountered during design, testing, and operation of antennas, radio telescopes, and optical telescopes. This collection of challenges provides information on their current status, helps to evaluate their importance, and is a basis for discussion on ways to improve antenna pointing accuracy.
Keywords
control and pointing problems
radio telescopes
optical telescopes
control system engineering
Details
- Volume
- 42-159
- Published
- November 15, 2004
- Pages
- 1–26
- File Size
- 1.1 MB