GREGOR telescope: start of commissioning

0374021 - ASÚ 2012 RIV US eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Volkmer, R. - von der Lühe, O. - Denker, C. - Solanki, S.K. - Balthasar, H. - Berkefeld, T. - Caligari, P. - Collados Vera, M. - Halbgewachs, C. - Heidecke, F. - Hofmann, A. - Klvaňa, Miroslav - Kneer, F. - Lagg, A. - Popow, E. - Schmidt, D. - Schmidt, W. - Sobotka, Michal - Soltau, D. - Strassmeier, K.G.
GREGOR telescope: start of commissioning.
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III. Bellingham: SPIE, 2010 - (Stepp, L.), 77330K-1-77330K-9. Proceedings of SPIE, 7733. ISBN 9780819482235.
[Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III. San Diego (US), 27.06.2010-02.07.2010]
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10030501
Keywords : GREGOR telescope
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics

With the integration of a 1-meter Cesic primary mirror the GREGOR telescope pre-commissioning started. This is the first time, that the entire light path has seen sunlight. The pre-commissioning period includes testing of the main optics, adaptive optics, cooling system, and pointing system. This time was also used to install a near-infrared grating spectro-polarimeter and a 2D-spectropolarimeter for the visible range as first-light science instruments. As soon as the final 1.5 meter primary mirror is installed, commissioning will be completed, and an extended phase of science verification will follow. In the near future, GREGOR will be equipped with a multi-conjugate adaptive optics system that is presently under development at KIS.
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