The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 45 Issue 1
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- Pages.67.3-68
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- 2020
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Design of the Filter Exchange Mechanism for Schmidt Telescope
- Ji, Tae-Geun (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Park, Woojin (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Han, Jimin (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Kim, Dohoon (Department of Astronomy & Space Science, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Lim, Gu (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Jeong, Mankeun (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Im, Myungshin (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Pak, Soojong (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University)
- Published : 2020.10.13
Abstract
A prime focus telescope, e.g., Schmidt telescope, has advantages especially for a wide field of view survey in astronomy. In this optical configuration, the camera is placed in front of the primary mirror. Since the installation of a typical filter wheel to the prime focus telescope causes serious obscuration of the incoming light, a customized filter device is required for high sensitivity images. In this poster, we present a new filter exchange mechanism, which can host four filters moving along quadrant directions. We plan to install this on the Celestron 36 cm Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph (RASA 36) located at El Sause Observatory in Chile.
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