Department - Author 1
Physics Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Physics
Date
6-2012
Primary Advisor
Jodi Christiansen
Abstract/Summary
In this experiment we measured the Point Spread Function (PSF) of the telescope at different image locations using a python GUI and servo motors to automate a screen along the focal axis of the telescope. Our results show that the telescope T4 has a well-defined image distance at each elevation, but this distance shifts as the telescope is lowered. Additionally, off-axis telescope orientations are degraded by aberrations and at low elevation possibly some structural warping of the mirror. The VERITAS Telescopes are located in Southern Arizona at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/physsp/56