YNST光电导行镜机械设计

YNST(云南1m太阳望远镜)光电导行系统的作用除了获取足够清晰的太阳像用作光电导行外,还参与望远镜光轴的校正.介绍了YNST光电导行镜的光学要求、机械设计结果及镜体设计所采用的被动无热化技术.校核了导行镜在阳光辐照下的热变形,计算了导行镜镜筒的最大弯沉,结果表明,所采用的无热化设计是有效的,导行镜刚度满足导行系统要求...     

1m红外太阳望远镜光电导行系统的反馈控制分析

我国正在研制中的1m红外太阳望远镜是目前国内唯一的地平式真空太阳塔,主要用于活动区磁场的精细光谱分析和太阳活动区磁场的时空精细结构研究.要求望远镜必须长时间高精度跟踪太阳(0.3"/30s、1"/10min)才能实现它的科学目标.光电导行是实现望远镜高精度跟踪观测目标的关键控制技术,通过检测观测目标像在图像传感器上的移动量作为反馈控制信号对望远镜实行闭环控制.首先建立了光电导行系统的控制系统模型,然后分析了系统的稳定性能、暂态性能、时域特性、频域特性及跟踪性能,并采用PID控制器对系统进行优化设计,以提高光电导行反馈控制系统的稳定性和跟踪精度.通过计算机仿真设计,采用PID控制算法能实现1m红外太阳望远镜的跟踪要求.     

云台红外太阳望远镜中光电导行系统的像场旋转

红外太阳望远镜中的光电导行系统是高精度的反馈跟踪系统。在开环控制下,难以实现太阳望远镜的跟踪指标,所以必须使用光电导行作为目标位置反馈系统。但是在地平式系统跟踪过程中,光电导行望远镜中的像场会旋转,如果不进行消旋,光电导行系统就不能工作,这就需要解决光电导行系统中的像场旋转。本文在理论上分析了红外望远镜中光电导行系统的像场旋转,并给出了像在CCD面上的运动变化公式。     

1米太阳望远镜光轴变化实测

针对1 m太阳望远镜导星镜光轴与望远镜光轴在跟踪过程中的相对变化对光电导行系统的影响,从数值模拟和实测两方面进行了深入分析.首先介绍1 m太阳望远镜及其光电导行系统的基本结构,并建立主镜镜筒的基本有限元模型,分析弯沉随镜筒指向高度的变化规律,模拟有弯沉存在时引入的跟踪误差及变化规律.然后根据该望远镜的系统结构,提出了望远镜光轴相对于导星镜光轴变化的实测方法.最后通过实测数据获得了望远镜光轴相对于导星镜光轴变化随镜筒指向高度的变化规律.     

云台红外太阳望远镜中光电导行系统的像场旋转

红外太阳望远镜中的光电导行系统是高精度的反馈跟踪系统。在开环控制下，难以实现太阳望远镜的跟踪指标，所以必须使用光电导行作为目标位置反馈系统。但是在地平式系统跟踪过程中，光电导行望远镜中的像场会旋转，如果不进行消旋，光电导行系统就不能工作，这就需要解决光电导行系统中的像场旋转。本文在理论上分析了红外望远镜中光电导行系统的像场旋转，并给出了像在CCD面上的运动变化公式。     

摆镜图像稳定控制系统在NVST中的应用研究

由于1 m太阳望远镜采用圆顶移开并远离望远镜的敞开式观测模式,使得望远镜跟踪系统受风的影响较大,表现为观测时图像随风出现较大幅度的低频抖动。为解决这一问题,首先根据望远镜现有的光学系统和风载影响下焦面图像抖动的特点,在氧化钛高分辨率成像通道中设计了基于二维摆镜的图像稳定系统。然后根据二维摆镜系统的实测特性,建立系统的传递函数,设计控制器。深入的数值模拟分析和实验表明,在五到六级风作用的情况下,摆镜图像稳定系统工作在25 Hz就能将1 m太阳望远镜焦面图像抖动的均方根值控制在0.5″以内,表明二维摆镜的图像稳定系统可以稳定望远镜由随机风载引起的图像抖动。     

1m红外太阳望远镜光电导行系统中像场旋转的分析

云南天文台1m红外太阳望远镜(YNST)光电导行系统是基于检测太阳像在面阵CMOS图像传感器上的偏移量作为反馈控制信号的高精度闭环跟踪系统[1]。由于YNST是一个地平式装置,在太阳像偏移检测量中存在着像场旋转量,为了获取稳定清晰的太阳像,必须对检测量进行消旋[2]才能达到光电导行系统的跟踪要求。根据球面天文学及天体测量学的知识并结合导行镜的光学系统,推导了光电导行系统中像场旋转的变化规律并对其进行模拟分析。     

NVST焦点探测系统

1 m新真空太阳望远镜在连续观测时,太阳辐射导致的温度变化使其光机结构产生热变形,主要表现为焦点实时变化,产生离焦像差,影响观测数据的质量。为解决这一问题,基于焦点扫描探测算法并结合望远镜的系统结构设计了一个焦点探测系统。首先分析了1 m新真空太阳望远镜焦点变化并设计了焦点探测系统的总体结构;然后进行软硬件系统的详细设计和实现,重点对系统的重复精度和焦点探测精度进行测试,表明系统能满足望远镜的焦点探测精度要求;最后给出了焦点探测系统在望远镜上3个月的运行结果:系统能实时监测望远镜的焦点变化,根据焦点的变化量进行调焦,能得到优秀的观测数据。     

空间太阳望远镜高速数据传输系统

“空间太阳望远镜”是中国的一项非常重要的天文卫星计划。卫星上将搭载 5个有效载荷 ,在可见光、远紫外、硬X射线、软X射线、Hα和射电波段同时观测太阳 ,其中的主光学望远镜口径达 1m。各有效载荷的CCD器件和其它敏感器件每天采集的科学数据量经过预处理后达 50Gbytes,再由数据压缩系统压缩至 8Gbytes,并储存在海量存储器中。如此庞大的数据量要求空间太阳望远镜的科学数据传输系统以高达 60Mbps的码速率向地面站传送。本文所有的工作均围绕着空间太阳望远镜高速数据传输系统展开 :1 .根据空间太阳望远镜的需求 ,综合研究、分析了它的科学数据传输系统的性能指标和特点 ,并作总体的方案设计 ;2 .设计开发了科学数据传输系统的信道编码和信道解码单元。信道编码单元将把海量存储器中的数据转换为适于QPSK射频调制格式化的串行数据流 ,信道解码单元实现相反的过程 ,文中详细给出了信道编码系统的原理、方法和实验结果。设计中引入了新的设计思想和方法 ,通信协议与现有地面站兼容 ;3 .完成了信道编码、解码环路的地面试验 ,结果表明信道编码、解码系统的技术指标完全符合空间太阳望远镜的要求。在理想无噪声条件下 ,闭环试验数据传输结果无误码 ,数据传输率达 60Mbps,是目前国内科学数据传输系统码速率     

全日面太阳光学和磁场望远镜的自动跟踪与导行方法

介绍全日面太阳光学和磁场望远镜的自动跟踪与导行方法。本系统采用光栅钢带码盘作位置检测元件,实时计算太阳站心位置,构成高精度的位置环跟踪系统,并用视频CCD和胡氏导行光路进行太阳导行,提高了系统的长时间跟踪精度。最后经实测,分析得出该跟踪导行系统完全达到预期指标。     

New vacuum solar telescope and observations with high resolution

The New Vacuum Solar Telescope(NVST) is a one meter vacuum solar telescope that aims to observe fine structures on the Sun. The main goals of NVST are high resolution imaging and spectral observations, including measurements of the solar magnetic field. NVST is the primary ground-based facility used by the Chinese solar research community in this solar cycle. It is located by Fuxian Lake in southwest China, where the seeing is good enough to perform high resolution observations. We first introduce the general conditions at the Fuxian Solar Observatory and the primary science cases of NVST. Then, the basic structures of this telescope and instruments are described in detail. Finally, some typical high resolution data of the solar photosphere and chromosphere are also shown.     

抚仙湖一米红外太阳望远镜Hα窄带滤光器扫描轮廓的检测与修正

抚仙湖1 m红外太阳望远镜的重要终端之一是多通道高分辨成像系统,主要由两路宽带和一路窄带成像系统组成。目前窄带成像系统的工作谱线为Hα。主要介绍了窄带成像系统扫描轮廓的检测和修正。主要检测内容包括扫描轮廓的中心波长位置、扫描轮廓对称性、前置滤光片对扫描轮廓的影响、滤光器工作温度稳定性等问题。检测结果显示:扫描轮廓在656.281-0.15 nm到656.281+0.4 nm的范围内与理论轮廓较好地吻合,而在656.281-0.15 nm到656.281-0.4 nm的范围内明显衰减。同时轮廓中心波长位置(即强度最低点的波长位置)相对于滤光器显示的"0 nm"偏带点蓝移了0.013 nm。针对上述检测结果,将滤光器的工作温度提高了约0.3℃。在温度调整之后,扫描轮廓的整体特征不变,轮廓中心波长位置与"0 nm"偏带点偏差小于0.004 nm,同时红蓝翼对称偏带点的强度差异小于10%(对应1.8 km/s的多普勒速度测量误差)。目前可以明确,扫描轮廓的蓝翼衰减是由前置滤光片造成,对于常用工作范围(656.281±0.1 nm),可以忽略前置滤光片的影响。滤光器工作温度比较稳定,1个月内温度变化幅度的标准方差约0.001 7℃。目前,该滤光器仍存在的问题是扫描轮廓在"0 nm"偏带点略有突起,幅度在6%~8%。建议在以后的使用过程中,需要定期定量地对滤光器的扫描轮廓以及前置滤光片的透过率曲线进行检测。     

High resolution reconstruction of solar prominence images observed by the New Vacuum Solar Telescope

A high resolution image showing fine structures is crucial for understanding the nature of solar prominence. In this paper, high resolution imaging of solar prominence on the New Vacuum Solar Telescope (NVST) is introduced, using speckle masking. Each step of the data reduction especially the image alignment is discussed. Accurate alignment of all frames and the non-isoplanatic calibration of each image are the keys for a successful reconstruction. Reconstructed high resolution images from NVST also indicate that under normal seeing condition, it is feasible to carry out high resolution observations of solar prominence by a ground-based solar telescope, even in the absence of adaptive optics.     

Low-cost high performance distributed data storage for multi-channel observations

The New Vacuum Solar Telescope (NVST) is a 1-m solar telescope that aims to observe the fine structures in both the photosphere and the chromosphere of the Sun. The observational data acquired simultaneously from one channel for the chromosphere and two channels for the photosphere bring great challenges to the data storage of NVST. The multi-channel instruments of NVST, including scientific cameras and multi-band spectrometers, generate at least 3 terabytes data per day and require high access performance while storing massive short-exposure images. It is worth studying and implementing a storage system for NVST which would balance the data availability, access performance and the cost of development. In this paper, we build a distributed data storage system (DDSS) for NVST and then deeply evaluate the availability of real-time data storage on a distributed computing environment. The experimental results show that two factors, i.e., the number of concurrent read/write and the file size, are critically important for improving the performance of data access on a distributed environment. Referring to these two factors, three strategies for storing FITS files are presented and implemented to ensure the access performance of the DDSS under conditions of multi-host write and read simultaneously. The real applications of the DDSS proves that the system is capable of meeting the requirements of NVST real-time high performance observational data storage. Our study on the DDSS is the first attempt for modern astronomical telescope systems to store real-time observational data on a low-cost distributed system. The research results and corresponding techniques of the DDSS provide a new option for designing real-time massive astronomical data storage system and will be a reference for future astronomical data storage.     

A novel method for telescope polarization modeling based on an artificial neural network

The polarization characteristics of an astronomical telescope is an important factor that affects polarimetry accuracy. Polarization modeling is an essential means to achieve high precision and efficient polarization measurement of the telescope, especially for the alt-azimuth mount telescope. At present, the polarization model for the telescope(i.e., the physical parametric model) is mainly constructed using the polarization parameters of each optical element. In this paper, an artificial neural network(ANN) is used to model the polarization characteristics of the telescope. The ANN model between the physical parametric model residual and the pointing direction of the telescope is obtained, which reduces the model deviation caused by the incompleteness of the physical parametric model. Compared with the physical parametric model, the model fitting and predictive accuracy of the New Vacuum Solar Telescope(NVST) is improved after adopting the ANN model. After using the ANN model, the polarization cross-talk from I to Q, U, and V can be reduced from 0.011 to 0.007, and the crosstalk among Q, U, and V can be reduced from 0.047 to 0.020, which effectively improves the polarization measurement accuracy of the telescope.     

基于数值模拟的射电望远镜台址测风塔位置优选方法研究

射电望远镜天线结构设计和观测任务的正常进行都需要台址风场信息.随着望远镜性能要求的提高,天线结构设计越来越复杂,风载荷对天线观测时造成的指向影响也越发明显,如何在设计时保证结构刚度和强度,在观测时提高有效观测时间,都需要准确的风场数据.由于传统台址测风塔布置方法无法对测风塔拟设点的可靠性做出定量化评估,因此提出一种基于数值模拟优化测风塔位置的方法.数值模拟基于规范参数设置边界条件,与实测数据比较,整体趋势吻合,满足精度需求.对试验台址设置了4个测风塔位置,经分析P2点与天线位置的风速均方根误差值(root-mean-square error, RMSE)最小,测得的数据更能表征天线区域的风场特性.     

基于OMR的2．16米望远镜积分视场单元方案

基于积分视场单元的三维成像光谱技术日趋成熟,并且与传统的狭缝光谱仪相比有许多明显的优势。2．16m望远镜的OMR光谱仪是采用平面光栅分光的低色散卡焦光谱仪器,可以考虑对其进行积分视场单元的升级优化。在不改变OMR光谱仪自身结构,不影响现有功能的同时,利用“微透镜阵列＋光纤束”的技术可以实现积分视场单元与OMR光谱仪的耦合。设计了两种方案,给出了升级积分视场单元后的空间分辨率和视场。     

Design and development of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope

Led by the National Solar Observatory, plans have been made to design and to develop the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST). The ATST will be a 4‐m general‐purpose solar telescope equipped with adaptive optics and versatile post‐focus instrumentation. Its main aim will be to achieve an angular resolution of 0.03 arcsec (20 km on the solar surface). The project and the telescope design are briefly described.     

超轻量镜面系统的研制

空间望远镜的研制一直要求系统的轻量化,美国宇航局（NASA）最近研制的韦伯太空望远镜,其主镜系统面密度相对于哈勃空间望远镜已大幅减轻。在韦伯望远镜主镜系统的研制过程中,NASA开展了一系列关于超轻量镜面系统的验证计划,多家机构拿出多个方案参与竞标。本文选取几个比较典型的方案,介绍这些镜面系统的设计思想、结构、材料、加工以及相关测试结果,期望能对国内相关方面的工作提供参考。     

Open Principle for Large High-Resolution Solar Telescopes

Vacuum solar telescopes solve the problem of image deterioration inside the telescope due to refractive index fluctuations of the air heated by the solar light. However, such telescopes have a practical diameter limit somewhat over 1 m. The Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) was the pioneering demonstrator of the open-telescope technology without need of vacuum, now pursued in the German GREGOR. Important ingredients for this technology are primary beam completely open to natural wind flow, stiff but still open design by principal stiff overall geometries in combination with carefully designed joints and completely open-foldable dome constructions based on tensioned strong cloth. Further developments to large sizes are made within the framework of the design study for a European Solar Telescope (EST).