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[edit] Alt-Az Telescope Design and Fabrication Projects
- CDK700 The 0.7-meter Alt-Az corrected Dall-Kirkham Telescope
- 18" Hyperbolic Newtonian
- Open Issues Unresolved design issues
[edit] Design Topics
- Overall Specifications
- Direct Drive Motors
- Direct Drive Motor Bearing System
- Servo Control
- Structural Design
- Mirror Support
- Cast Cellular Mirror Substrates
- Mass Property Estimates
- AzimuthBearingNotes
- Autoguiding
- Very Fast RC
- 18 inch primary mirror cell, diagonal holder and baffle 2D PDF
- Stiffness and Resonance Calculations
- Low Cost, High Resolution Encoders
- Filter Flatness
[edit] References
- Materials
- Strutural Design
- Active Optics
- Motors
- Controller Current Sensors
- Bearings
- Encoders
- Cables
- Instrumentation
- Workshop Talks
