Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of PSF in collimated state and misalignment state
Fig. 2. Distribution of ellipticity
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on circular field of view
Fig. 3. PSF morphology in each field of view
Fig. 4. Convergence process curve of particle swarm optimization algorithm
Fig. 5. Monte Carlo analysis algorithm solution accuracy chart (Note: red dotted line represents tolerance range)
Fig. 6. Data distribution diagram of 100 operation results (note: green represents the reference value, red represents the tolerance range)
Fig. 7. AST3-3 Optical system light path diagram
Fig. 8. Photograph of AST3-3 telescope and star map
Fig. 9. Schematic diagram of position of the target star points in field of view
Fig. 10. The contrast map of star in misalignment state and realignment state in paraxial field
Fig. 11. The contrast map of star in misalignment state and realignment state in edge field
Fig. 12. RMS radius distribution vs field of view in design state, misalignment state and realignment state
Fig. 13. Encircled energy distribution diagram of full field
ITEM | Specifications |
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Optics | Ritchey–Chrétien with field corrector | Primary mirror aperture | 1.6 m(diameter) | Secondary mirror aperture | 668 mm(diameter) | Focal ratio(primary mirror) | 1.25 | Field of view | 2° (diameter) | Image quality | 80% EE ≤ 0.6" |
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Table 1. Telescope system parameter table
ITEM | Tolerance range |
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Decenter | ±0.01 mm | Tilt | ±3.6" |
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Table 2. Decenter and tilt tolerance of secondary mirror
Field/(°) | ![]() (target) | ![]() (solution) | ![]() (target) | ![]() (solution) |
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0×Maxfield | 0.013 | 0.013 | 0.054 | 0.053 | -0.2×Maxfield | 0.011 | 0.010 | 0.102 | 0.099 | 0.6×Maxfield | -0.112 | -0.010 | 0.009 | 0.010 | Maxfield | -0.024 | -0.022 | -0.056 | -0.057 |
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Table 3. The ellipticity value of target and its solution in each field of view
ITEM | Range of misalignment |
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Decenter in X direction/mm | (-0.2,0.2) | Decenter in Y direction/mm | (-0.2,0.2) | Tilt in X direction/(") | (-36,36) | Tilt in Y direction/(") | (-36,36) |
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Table 4. Range of secondary mirror misalignment
ITEM | Preset | Solution | Preset | Solution |
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Decenter in X direction/mm | 0.170 | 0.169 | 0.050 | 0.059 | Decenter in Y direction/mm | 0.080 | 0.083 | -0.080 | -0.083 | Tilt in X direction/(°) | 0.080 | 0.080 3 | 0.060 | 0.057 | Tilt in Y direction/(°) | 0.030 | 0.030 9 | 0.070 | 0.069 | Maximum RMS radius of image spot/μm | 14.452 | 14.504 | 14.372 | 14.071 | EE80 Maximum/(") | 4.09 | 4.09 | 4.23 | 4.18 |
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Table 5. Comparison of preset value and solution value