Progress on the 1.6-meter new solar telescope at big bear solar observatory

C. Denker; P. R. Goode; D. Ren; Mohamad Saadeghvaziri; A. P. Verdoni; Haimin Wang; G. Yang; V. Abramenko; Wenda Cao; R. Coulter; R. Fear; J. Nenow; S. Shoumko; T. J. Spirock; J. R. Varsik; J. Chae; J. R. Kuhn; Y. Moon; Y. D. Park; A. Tritschler

doi:10.1117/12.671870

Progress on the 1.6-meter new solar telescope at big bear solar observatory

C. Denker, P. R. Goode, D. Ren, Mohamad Saadeghvaziri, A. P. Verdoni, Haimin Wang, G. Yang, V. Abramenko, Wenda Cao, R. Coulter, R. Fear, J. Nenow, S. Shoumko, T. J. Spirock, J. R. Varsik, J. Chae, J. R. Kuhn, Y. Moon, Y. D. Park, A. Tritschler

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The New Solar Telescope (NST) project at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) now has all major contracts for design and fabrication in place and construction of components is well underway. NST is a collaboration between BBSO, the Korean Astronomical Observatory (KAO) and Institute for Astronomy (IfA) at the University of Hawaii. The project will install a 1.6-meter, off-axis telescope at BBSO, replacing a number of older solar telescopes. The NST will be located in a recently refurbished dome on the BBSO causeway, which projects 300 meters into the Big Bear Lake. Recent site surveys have confirmed that BBSO is one of the premier solar observing sites in the world. NST will be uniquely equipped to take advantage of the long periods of excellent seeing common at the lake site. An up-to-date progress report will be presented including an overview of the project and details on the current state of the design. The report provides a detailed description of the optical design, the thermal control of the new dome, the optical support structure, the telescope control systems, active and adaptive optics systems, and the post-focus instrumentation for high-resolution spectro-polarimetry.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671870
State	Published - 2006
Event	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: May 24 2006 → May 31 2006

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6267 I
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	5/24/06 → 5/31/06

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Adaptive optics
Solar telescopes
Telescope control systems

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Denker, C., Goode, P. R., Ren, D., Saadeghvaziri, M., Verdoni, A. P., Wang, H., Yang, G., Abramenko, V., Cao, W., Coulter, R., Fear, R., Nenow, J., Shoumko, S., Spirock, T. J., Varsik, J. R., Chae, J., Kuhn, J. R., Moon, Y., Park, Y. D., & Tritschler, A. (2006). Progress on the 1.6-meter new solar telescope at big bear solar observatory. In Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes Article 62670A (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6267 I). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671870

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Progress on the 1.6-meter new solar telescope at big bear solar observatory

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