Ukita Homepage; Initiatives for Metal Mirror Telescopes (iMMT)
Experiments of a metal mirror telescope dedicated to spectroscopy;
A mirror with a Hartmann constant of 1 - 1.5 arcseconds should suffice to carry out observations
from the ground under seeing effects of a few arcseconds.
Concept:
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We use a telescope mount of the 65-cm solar telescope (1967 to 2002) and high precision aluminium panel technology (ASTE, ref1).
News
2nd mirror polish in progress, ---------------------- griding, finished with 1.6 ƒÊm rms ---------------------- first spectrum
2016/Nov/23
2016/Feb/08
2015/Mar/11
individual items:
metal mirror & polish , telescope mount , spectrometer ,
dome , report , reseach funds , and some outputs
1) Ukita et.al., "NRO 10-m submillimeter telescope," Proc. SPIE, 4015, pp.177-184, 2000
FAST(Fully Automated Spectroscopy Telescope, The Destination of OAO 188-cm telescope)
Ukita @ Astronomy Course of GUAS
Nobuharu UKITA
Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Kamogata, Asakuchi, Okayama 719-0232 JAPAN
Tel:+81-865-44-2155 (ext. 2231)
FAX:+81-865-44-2360
email address: n.ukita at oao . nao . ac . jp
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