ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION EFFECTS ON LAMOST

  • SUN AIQUN (Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences) ;
  • Hu JINGYAO (Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  • Published : 1996.12.01

Abstract

Large field spectrographs are severely influenced by atmospheric refraction. LAMOST is a large field multi-object spectroscopy telescope with $5^{\circ}$ field of view, f/5 focus ratio and 20m focal length. There will be 4000 fibers simultaneous on it's $\phi$1.75m focal plane. Here we discuss the atmospheric refraction effects on LAMOST in two hands. One is the effect of differential refraction across the field, another is the effect of atmospheric dispersion. According to the calculation, we find that: 1. The largest deviation from center within the field is 4.;32" during a 1.5-hour integration at $80^{\circ}$ declination. 2. The directions of deviation are complex, so the deviations can't be decreased by rotating the field. We also give out the atmospheric dispersions.

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