The Green Bank Telescope: current status and early results

被引：13

作者：

Prestage, RM ^{[1
]}

Maddalena, RJ ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Radio Astron Observ, Green Bank, WV USA

来源：

LARGE GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES, PTS 1 AND 2 | 2003年 / 4837卷

关键词：

radio telescope; astronomy; active surface; metrology systems;

D O I：

10.1117/12.456793

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory Green Bank Telescope (GBT), the world's largest fully steerable telescope, is now undergoing commissioning and early scientific operation. The GBT has many innovative design features that advance imaging quality, sensitivity, and versatility. These include an unblocked aperture, an active surface, and a six-degree of freedom Gregorian subreflector. The GBT has an advanced laser rangefinder metrology system, which will measure the position of the active surface panels, and also guide the precision pointing of the telescope. Early commissioning results have confirmed the performance of the telescope, and exciting scientific discoveries are already being made. This paper describes the various features of the telescope in more detail, and presents the latest results.

引用

页码：944 / 953

页数：10

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