An automatic cost optimization method for wide field small aperture telescope arrays

Wennan Xiang; Peng Jia; Xinhua Pan; Zhengyang Li; Jifeng Liu

doi:10.1117/12.2637000

25 August 2022 An automatic cost optimization method for wide field small aperture telescope arrays

Wennan Xiang, Peng Jia, Xinhua Pan, Zhengyang Li, Jifeng Liu

Proceedings Volume 12187, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy X; 121871T (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2637000
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Time domain astronomy requires continuous observations to capture series of images of celestial object. To satisfy observation requirements, scientists need to place several telescopes in different sites or in the same site to form a telescope array. In recent years, several telescope array projects have been proposed. Design of telescope arrays is quite different from that of a single telescope. We need to make trade off between the image quality, the aperture size, the field of view and the number of telescopes to satisfy the scientific requirement with minimal overall cost. In this paper, we will introduce our method to optimize the design of a telescope array which would consider detail design of telescopes as well as the overall cost for building and maintaining of these telescopes. This paper provides a useful tool for future telescope array projects.

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Wennan Xiang, Peng Jia, Xinhua Pan, Zhengyang Li, and Jifeng Liu "An automatic cost optimization method for wide field small aperture telescope arrays", Proc. SPIE 12187, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy X, 121871T (25 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2637000

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