We propose a wavefront-based method to estimate the PSF over the whole field of view. This method estimate the aberrations of all the mirrors of the telescope using only field stars. In this proof of concept paper, we described the method and present some qualitative results.
Title
Back-Propagating the Light of Field Stars to Probe Telescope Mirrors Aberrations
Published in
Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Pagination
7
Pages
991277
Conference
Conference on Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, JUN 26-JUL 01, 2016
Date
2016
Publisher
Bellingham, SPIE
ISBN
978-1-5106-0203-8
978-1-5106-0204-5
Record creation date
2016-08-23