Optical design for Antarctic Bright Star Survey Telescope

Zhengyang Li; Haipin Lu; Xiangyan Yuan

doi:10.3788/COL201513.111101

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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 13, Issue 11, 111101 (2015)

Optical design for Antarctic Bright Star Survey Telescope

Zhengyang Li^1、2、*, Haipin Lu^1、2, and Xiangyan Yuan^1、2

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¹National Astronomical Observatories/Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, China

²Key Laboratory of Astronomical Optics & Technology, Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, China

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Fig. 1. Schematic drawing of R–C telescope.

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Fig. 2. BSST optical layout of open-band configuration. (The filter is located before the insulated window).

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Fig. 3. Image spot diagram of BSST (the box is 60 μm).

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$Diffraction-encircled energy layout.$

Fig. 4. Diffraction-encircled energy layout.

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Fig. 5. Resulting 80% encircled energy diameters.

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Fig. 6. Residual astigmatism and coma field behavior (the arrows on the maps show the amplitude and direction of the aberrations sampling from various fields).

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Fig. 7. Astigmatism and coma field behavior of tilting secondary mirror around the CFP.

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Fig. 8. Astigmatism and coma field behavior of translating secondary mirror.

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Fig. 9. BSST image of 120 s exposure in the

R

band (

1200 pixels \times 1200 pixels

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Optical Element	Radius (mm)	Conic Coefficient	Distance (mm)
Primary Mirror	−800	−1.33	227.1
Secondary Mirror	−639.9	−14.16	357.1

Table 1. Initial Optical Configuration of BSST

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Optical Element	Radius (mm)	Conic Coefficient	Thickness (mm)	Diameter (mm)	Glass
Defrost Window	Infinity	–	20	324	Fused silica
Defrost Window	Infinity	–	280	324	Fused silica
Primary Mirror	−800	−1.519	235	315	Zerodur
Secondary Mirror	−606	−14.443	222	113	Zerodur
Lens 1	358	–	15	90	Fused silica
Lens 1	−159.9	–	10	90	Fused silica
Lens 2	−159.9	–	8	84	TF3
Lens 2	−239.66	–	13	84	TF3
Lens 3	−123.59	–	8	80	Fused silica
Lens 3	Infinity	–	40	80	Fused silica
Insulated Window	Infinity	–	8	90	Fused silica
Insulated Window	Infinity	–	18.5	90	Fused silica
CCD Window	Infinity	–	9.5	90	Fused silica
CCD Window	Infinity	–	8	90	Fused silica
Focal Plane	Infinity	–		70	–

Table 2. Optical Configuration of BSST

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Filter	Central Wavelength (nm)	Bandwidth (nm)	Transmission (%)	Diameter (mm)
B	440	100	$> 50$	50
V	550	90	$> 70$	50
R	760	250	$> 70$	50
$H - α$	656.3	10	$> 50$	25
$H - β$	486.1	10	$> 40$	25
O–3	500.7	10	$> 60$	25

Table 3. Parameters of Filters

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Manufactory Error Budget
Items	Thickness (mm)	Radius (mm)	Conic	Nominal
Primary	–	$\pm 1 mm$	$\pm 0.0001$	(−800; −1.519)
Secondary	–	$\pm 1 mm$	$\pm 0.0001$	(−606; −14.443)
Lens	−0.1	–	0	(15, 8, 8)
Alignment Error Budget
DOF	Decenter (mm)		Tilt	Position (mm)
Primary	DATUM
Secondary	$\pm 0.06$		$\pm 1^{'}$	$\pm 0.4$
Corrector	$\pm 0.1$		$\pm {3.6}^{'}$	$\pm 0.4$
Lens Space	–		–	$\pm 0.1$
Use Focal Length as Compensator