Email this article Development of a small telescope like PZT and effects of vibrations of mercury surface and ground noise
- Authors: Hanada H.1,2, Tsuruta S.1, Asari K.1, Araki H.1,2, Noda H.1,2, Tazawa S.1, Kashima S.1, Funazaki K.3, Satoh A.3, Taniguchi H.3, Kato H.3, Kikuchi M.3, Sasaki H.3, Hasegawa T.3, Yano T.1,2, Gouda N.1,2, Kobayashi Y.1,2, Yamada Y.4, Iwata T.5,2, Gusev A.6
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Affiliations:
- National Astronomical Observatory
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
- Iwate University
- Kyoto University
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences
- Kazan Federal University
- Issue: Vol 8, No 4 (2017)
- Pages: 304-319
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2075-1087/article/view/204242
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S207510871704006X
- ID: 204242
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Abstract
A PZT type telescope for observations of gravity gradient and lunar rotation was developed, and a Bread Board Model (BBM) for ground experiments was completed. Some developments were made for the BBM such as a tripod with attitude control system, a stable mercury pool and a method for collecting the effects of vibrations. Laboratory experiments and field observations were performed from August to September of 2014, in order to check the entire system of the telescope and the software, and the results were compared to the centroid experiments which pursue the best accuracy of determination of the center of star images with a simple optical system. It was also investigated how the vibrations of mercury surface affect the centroid position on Charge Coupled Device (CCD). The results of the experiments showed that the effects of vibrations are almost common to stars in the same view, and they can be corrected by removing mean variation of the stars; and that the vibration of mercury surface can cause errors in centroid as large as 0.2 arcsec; and that there is a strong correlation between the Standard Deviation (SD) of variation of the centroid position and signal to noise ratio (SNR) of star images. It is likely that the accuracy of one (1) milli arcsecond is possible if SNR is high enough and the effects of vibrations are corrected.
About the authors
H. Hanada
National Astronomical Observatory; SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Author for correspondence.
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Mitaka/Oshu; Mitaka/Sagamihara
S. Tsuruta
National Astronomical Observatory
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Mitaka/Oshu
K. Asari
National Astronomical Observatory
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Mitaka/Oshu
H. Araki
National Astronomical Observatory; SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Mitaka/Oshu; Mitaka/Sagamihara
H. Noda
National Astronomical Observatory; SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Mitaka/Oshu; Mitaka/Sagamihara
S. Tazawa
National Astronomical Observatory
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Mitaka/Oshu
S. Kashima
National Astronomical Observatory
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Mitaka/Oshu
K. Funazaki
Iwate University
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Morioka
A. Satoh
Iwate University
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Morioka
H. Taniguchi
Iwate University
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Morioka
H. Kato
Iwate University
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Morioka
M. Kikuchi
Iwate University
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Morioka
H. Sasaki
Iwate University
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Morioka
T. Hasegawa
Iwate University
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Morioka
T. Yano
National Astronomical Observatory; SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Mitaka/Oshu; Mitaka/Sagamihara
N. Gouda
National Astronomical Observatory; SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Mitaka/Oshu; Mitaka/Sagamihara
Y. Kobayashi
National Astronomical Observatory; SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Mitaka/Oshu; Mitaka/Sagamihara
Y. Yamada
Kyoto University
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Kyoto
T. Iwata
Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences; SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Japan, Sagamihara; Mitaka/Sagamihara
A. Gusev
Kazan Federal University
Email: hideo.hanada@nao.ac.jp
Russian Federation, Kazan
