TELESCOPE TUBE EFFECTS ON OPTICAL TURBULENCE.
Abstract
Schlieren instrumentation was utilized to study the optical effects of heat transfer between telescope tubes and the air within the tube. A method was devised to reduce these effects. Metal tubes were set up in a schlieren system and heated by infra-red lamps to simulate the heating by sunlight which is experienced by telescope tubes under field conditions. In the laboratory setup, the air currents around the tubes could be controlled so that refractive effects of the flow of heated air could be observed in a schlieren system. The effect on seeing was studied as the tubes were heated by the infra-red lamps and as other parameters were changed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0435628