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Performance investigation of the BAO 2.6 m telescope
Author(s) -
Hakobyan A. V.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.201813392
Subject(s) - telescope , optical telescope , image quality , quality (philosophy) , optics , physics , remote sensing , computer science , image (mathematics) , computer vision , geology , quantum mechanics
Imaging performance of the BAO 2.6 m telescope is analyzed. In particular, the influence of the optical quality of the telescope's main mirror is considered. After a brief recall of the main parameters, which determine the performance of optical telescopes, detailed results of the mirror's optical quality investigation are presented. The contribution of the mirror's quality on the ultimate image quality, as well as its impact on the optical throughput in UVI passbands for a given seeing condition, is presented. Preliminary assessments of the other relevant factors responsible for image quality degradation have also been conducted.