Galileo Italian National Telescope (TNG) control system: adaptive preload control improvements

Dario Mancini; Massimo Brescia; Enrico Cascone; Valentina Fiume Garelli; Guido Mancini; Pietro Schipani

doi:10.1117/12.308833

26 May 1998 Galileo Italian National Telescope (TNG) control system: adaptive preload control improvements

Dario Mancini, Massimo Brescia, Enrico Cascone, Valentina Fiume Garelli, Guido Mancini, Pietro Schipani

Proceedings Volume 3351, Telescope Control Systems III; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308833
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 1998, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

The Galileo National Telescope is a 3.6 meter Alt-Az telescope installed at the Astronomical Observatory of the Roque de Los Muchachos in La Palma, Canary Islands. The Galileo drive and control systems were designed and developed by the Technology Working Group of the Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory, Naples. Apart from a short review of the drive system, the paper describes a novelty in the adaptive preload sub-system.

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Dario Mancini, Massimo Brescia, Enrico Cascone, Valentina Fiume Garelli, Guido Mancini, and Pietro Schipani "Galileo Italian National Telescope (TNG) control system: adaptive preload control improvements", Proc. SPIE 3351, Telescope Control Systems III, (26 May 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308833

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