Unmanned aerial vehicles in astronomy
Date Issued
2016
Abstract
In this work we discuss some options for using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for daylight alignment activities and maintenance of optical telescopes, relating them to a small numbers of parameters, and tracing which could be the schemes, requirements and benefits for employing them both at the stage of erection and maintenance. UAVs can easily reach the auto-collimation points of optical components of the next class of Extremely Large Telescopes. They can be equipped with tools for the measurement of the co-phasing, scattering, and reflectivity of segmented mirrors or environmental parameters like C2n and C2T to characterize the seeing during both the day and the night.
Coverage
Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II
All editors
Navarro, Ramón; Burge, James H.
Series
Volume
9912
Start page
991210
Conferenece
Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Conferenece place
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Conferenece date
26 June - 1 July 2016
Issn Identifier
0277-786X
Ads BibCode
2016SPIE.9912E..10B
Rights
open.access
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