The echelle spectrograph SOFIN. III. The automatic control system.
Abstract
The automatic control system of the spectrograph which allows to drive all its units both in fully automatic and manual ways is described. The spectrograph has been mounted on 2.5 m NOT La Palma Telescope and requires no duty operator. The control system gives a set of possibilities: to hold up the stellar image on the slit, to install necessary filters and spectral interval, to operate the shutter, to use TV monitoring and calibration modes, to vary the width of slit by some built-in functions of the system automatically. High reliability of the system has been reached by means of realization of new ideas in equipment and methods of testing and some new ways of circuit engineering and technology. High technical characteristics have been confirmed during use of the spectrograph.
- Publication:
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Izvestiya Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Krymskoj Astrofizicheskoj Observatorii
- Pub Date:
- 1995
- Bibcode:
- 1995IzKry..89..138B
- Keywords:
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- Echelle Spectrographs: Control Systems;
- Echelle Spectrographs: Automation