Mechanical conceptual design of 6.5 meter telescope: Telescopio San Pedro Mártir (TSPM)

Jorge Uribe; Vicente Bringas; Noe Reyes; Carlos Tovar; Aldo López; Xóchitl Caballero; César Martínez; Gengis Toledo; William Lee; Alberto Carramiñana; Jesús González; Michael Richer; Beatriz Sánchez; Diana Lucero; Rogelio Manuel; Saúl Rubio; Germán González; Obed Hernández; José Segura; Eduardo Macias; Mary García; José Lazaro; Fabián Rosales; Luis del Llano

doi:10.1117/12.2232666

27 July 2016 Mechanical conceptual design of 6.5 meter telescope: Telescopio San Pedro Mártir (TSPM)

Jorge Uribe, Vicente Bringas, Noe Reyes, Carlos Tovar, Aldo López, Xóchitl Caballero, César Martínez, Gengis Toledo, William Lee, Alberto Carramiñana, Jesús González, Michael Richer, Beatriz Sánchez, Diana Lucero, Rogelio Manuel, Saúl Rubio, Germán González, Obed Hernández, José Segura, Eduardo Macias, Mary García, José Lazaro, Fabián Rosales, Luis del Llano

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Proceedings Volume 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI; 99062E (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232666
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

Telescopio San Pedro Mártir (TSPM) project intends to build a 6.5 meters telescope with alt-azimuth design, currently at the conceptual design. The project is an association between Instituto de Astronomía de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IA-UNAM) and the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica Electrónica (INAOE) in partnership with department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory of University of Arizona and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory of Harvard University. Conceptual design of the telescope is lead and developed by the Centro de Ingeniería y Desarrollo Industrial (CIDESI). An overview of the feasibility study and the structural conceptual design are summarized in this paper. The telescope concept is based on telescopes already commissioned such as MMT and the Baade and Clay Magellan telescopes, building up on these proven concepts. The main differences relative to the Magellan pair are; the elevation axis is located 1 meter above the primary mirror vertex, allowing for a similar field of view at the Cassegrain and both Nasmyth focal stations; instead of using a vane ends to position the secondary mirror TSPM considers an Steward platform like MMT; finally TSPM has a larger floor distance to m1 cell than Magellans and MMT. Initially TSPM will operate with an f/5 Cassegrain station, but the design considers further Nasmyth configurations from a Cassegrain f/5 up to a Gregorian f/11. The telescope design includes 7 focal stations: 1 Cassegrain; 2 Nasmyth; and 4 folded-Cassegrain. The telescope will be designed and manufactured in Mexico, will be design in Queretaro by CIDESI and built between Queretaro and Michoacán manufacturing facilities; it will be preassembled in these facilities and disassembled to send it to the San Pedro Mártir Observatory for final integration. The azimuth and altitude structure is planned to be constructed in modules and transported by truck and shipped to Ensenada and finally to the OAN where is going to be finally assembled, verified and tested.

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Jorge Uribe, Vicente Bringas, Noe Reyes, Carlos Tovar, Aldo López, Xóchitl Caballero, César Martínez, Gengis Toledo, William Lee, Alberto Carramiñana, Jesús González, Michael Richer, Beatriz Sánchez, Diana Lucero, Rogelio Manuel, Saúl Rubio, Germán González, Obed Hernández, José Segura, Eduardo Macias, Mary García, José Lazaro, Fabián Rosales, and Luis del Llano "Mechanical conceptual design of 6.5 meter telescope: Telescopio San Pedro Mártir (TSPM)", Proc. SPIE 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, 99062E (27 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232666

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