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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)