New Additive Terms for the Pointing

14-nov-1997 / jn

W.J. Altenhoff. determined influences of the (sometimes high) offset-position in azimut of receivers in the secondary focus to the pointing in elevation at high elevation. That can be corrected by an additive term Phorn to the correction value in elevation. He also determined a systematic pointing difference, if the telescope has moved 360 degrees. That is assumed to be influenced by the cable-twist in azimut, which can be corrected by another constant with an additive term Pcable to the correction value in azimut. Therefore these new additive terms to the pointing corrections have been built in the telescope drive program by J. Schraml. They are active since 7-nov-97.

For that reason the following constants are newly introduced:

  • Haz: Shift of horncenter in azimut (depending on receiver)
  • Hel: Shift of horncenter in elevation (depending on receiver)
  • AZtw: Constant eliminating the influence of the cable twist in azimut ( today the value is +10 " per rotation of 360 degrees)
  • More information about the calculation in the drive program one can find in