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Stabilization of the spectrum position in the main stellar spectrograph of the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Stabilization of the spectrum position in the main stellar spectrograph of the 6-m telescope of... New results on the stability analysis study of the Main Stellar Spectrograph of the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences when it operated jointly with the CCD detection system on a laboratory source are reported. The spectrum is found to drift along the dispersion direction for several tenths of a pixel (several hundredths of angstrom) over a one-hour time scale. To prevent this drift (i.e., the spectrum shift)—a plane parallel glass plate is mounted; tilt angle of this plate varies as a function of the misalignment between the current and reference spectra of a hollow-cathode tube laboratory source. Operation of the spectrum stabilizer is described. The correction time is of about 1 minute, allowing the position of the spectrum to be maintained to within ±0.0006Å. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Astrophysical Bulletin Springer Journals

Stabilization of the spectrum position in the main stellar spectrograph of the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Chountonov, G.; Najdenov, I.
Astrophysical Bulletin , Volume 64 (1) – Feb 22, 2009
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2009 by Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
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Physics; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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1990-3413
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1990-3421
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10.1134/S1990341309010064
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Abstract

New results on the stability analysis study of the Main Stellar Spectrograph of the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences when it operated jointly with the CCD detection system on a laboratory source are reported. The spectrum is found to drift along the dispersion direction for several tenths of a pixel (several hundredths of angstrom) over a one-hour time scale. To prevent this drift (i.e., the spectrum shift)—a plane parallel glass plate is mounted; tilt angle of this plate varies as a function of the misalignment between the current and reference spectra of a hollow-cathode tube laboratory source. Operation of the spectrum stabilizer is described. The correction time is of about 1 minute, allowing the position of the spectrum to be maintained to within ±0.0006Å.

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Astrophysical Bulletin – Springer Journals

Published: Feb 22, 2009

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