Research Article

A Novel Scanning Method Applied to New-Style Solar Telescope Based on Autoguiding System

Table 1

The distinctions between FASOT and its prototype FASOT-1B.

System compositionFASOTFASOT-1B

Guiding optics system600mm
Focal length: 7200mm
Field of view: 6’×6’
(Gregory system)
400mm
Focal length:3200mm
Field of view: 2.1’×2.1’
(RC system)

Aoto guiding telescopeThe aperture: 80mm
Focal ratio: 1:6
The aperture: 80mm
Focal ratio: 1:6

Aoto guiding image sensorSCOMS chip
Resolution: 20482048
Pixel size: 5.5um
SCOMS chip
Resolution: 20482048
Pixel size: 5.5um

The number of micro lens of IFU2×64×642×11×11

The number of optical fibers2×64×642×11×11

The number of spectrograph61

The number of detector of the spectrographs121

Data acquisition computer61

Data acquisition server10

The type of the mountDDM160 of Astrosysteme Austria
German equatorial mount
GM3000HSP of Micron 10
German equatorial mount

Software interface of the mountSDK based on c/c++ and ASCOMASCOM

The tracking accuracy of the mount⩽ 0.25’’ RMS⩽1’’ RMS

The pointing accuracy of the mount<8’’ RMS<20’’ RMS

Polarimetric systemFASOT-1B is similar to FASOTFASOT-1B is similar to FASOT

Loading capacity of the mount (only instrument)300 Kg100 Kg

The total weight of the target object used to scan120Kg70Kg