Optics of the instrument Elmer for the GTC 10-m telescope (Gran Telescopio CANARIAS)

Ernesto Sanchez-Blanco Mancera; Maria-Luisa Garcia-Vargas; Luis Cavaller-Marques; Manuel Medina-Maldonado

doi:10.1117/12.460883

7 March 2003 Optics of the instrument Elmer for the GTC 10-m telescope

Ernesto Sanchez-Blanco Mancera, Maria-Luisa Garcia-Vargas, Luis Cavaller-Marques, Manuel Medina-Maldonado

Proceedings Volume 4841, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460883
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

Elmer is a visible imager and spectrograph for the Gran Telescopio Canarias, which has been designed in-house. The major features and some of the analysis done are shown for each optical assembly. The image error budget is presented with the current estimations, as well as the foreseen acceptance tests. Finally the present status of the optics is presented.

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Ernesto Sanchez-Blanco Mancera, Maria-Luisa Garcia-Vargas, Luis Cavaller-Marques, and Manuel Medina-Maldonado "Optics of the instrument Elmer for the GTC 10-m telescope", Proc. SPIE 4841, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes, (7 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460883

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