Keck telescope mount control redesign to improve short move performance

Peter M. Thompson; Tomas Krasuski; Kevin Tsubota; Jimmy Johnson

doi:10.1117/12.2057225

22 July 2014 Keck telescope mount control redesign to improve short move performance

Peter M. Thompson, Tomas Krasuski, Kevin Tsubota, Jimmy Johnson

Proceedings Volume 9145, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V; 914557 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057225
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The Keck I and II telescopes have been operational respectively since 1990 and 1996. Operational improvements are sought to decrease the settling time in response to short moves. The structural response of the open loop system has been re-identified and the mount control design has been re-examined. Changes to the mount control compensators and command shaping architecture have been proposed in order to achieve improved response. Results from these studies are presented, both theoretical and experimental.

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Peter M. Thompson, Tomas Krasuski, Kevin Tsubota, and Jimmy Johnson "Keck telescope mount control redesign to improve short move performance", Proc. SPIE 9145, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V, 914557 (22 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057225

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