Local seeing determination by thermal-CFD analysis to optimize the European Solar Telescope image quality

N. Vega Reyes; L. Cavaller; J. Marco de la Rosa; J. Baiges; A. Pont; D. Pérez-Sánchez; R. Codina; C. Grivel; M. Collados

doi:10.1117/12.2230564

22 July 2016 Local seeing determination by thermal-CFD analysis to optimize the European Solar Telescope image quality

N. Vega Reyes, L. Cavaller, J. Marco de la Rosa, J. Baiges, A. Pont, D. Pérez-Sánchez, R. Codina, C. Grivel, M. Collados

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Proceedings Volume 9912, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II; 99121C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230564
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The European Solar Telescope, EST, ([1], [2]) is a 4-meter solar telescope to be built in the Canary Islands in the near future. In order to select the best configuration for the EST telescope facilities, thermal and CFD analyses have been carried out to evaluate the seeing degradation produced by the telescope environment. The aim of this study is to calculate the values of optical parameters in different configurations and to find out which one causes the lowest image quality degradation. Starting from the determination of seeing degradation along the optical path by CFD techniques, several configurations have been compared making it possible to decide the future development line for the EST.

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N. Vega Reyes, L. Cavaller, J. Marco de la Rosa, J. Baiges, A. Pont, D. Pérez-Sánchez, R. Codina, C. Grivel, and M. Collados "Local seeing determination by thermal-CFD analysis to optimize the European Solar Telescope image quality", Proc. SPIE 9912, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II, 99121C (22 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230564

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