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cal_flexure flexure
Specify the measured gravitational flexure of the feed tower.
- Arguments:
-
Double flexure
-
- Example:
- The following example tells the control system that to point at a
topocentric elevation of
el
degrees, it must
actually point the telescope encoders 0.00667 *
cos(el)
degrees higher in elevation, to correct for the
sag of the feed.
cal_flexure 0.00667
- Context:
- The telescope dish and feed supports deform under gravity as a
function of elevation. To first order, the prime focus sags
by an amount proportional to the cosine of the target elevation
of the telescope. So to point the feed at a given target
elevation, one must make the telescope encoders read
this much higher than the target elevation.
Martin Shepherd (1-Jul-2010)