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基于光学指向望远镜的快速天线指向测量研究

Research on Rapid Antenna Pointing Measurement Based on Optical Pointing Telescopes

  • 摘要: 轨道不平对大口径射电望远镜指向有着重要的影响, 轨道相关的指向测量需要较高的空间采样密度. 由于射电指向校准源数量较少, 须借助地球自转形成足够空间密度的覆盖, 导致其测量速度受到限制. 光学指向望远镜(Optical Pointing Telescope, OPT)可在不依赖地球自转情况下获取高空间密度的数据, 但测点数量大的特性仍制约着测量速度. 提出了在OPT观测中采用OTF (On-The-Fly)模式的方法, 可在天线持续大角速度运动中进行测量, 避免在预定测点处建立稳定跟踪的耗时. 针对OPT和射电望远镜的轴角编码器在大角速度下性能下降问题, 开发了基于YOLO (You Only Look Once)的拖尾星点提取方法, 并建立了编码器误差模型, 最终实现了天线在1°/s转速下的指向测量. 此测量数据可以较好地反映 2^\prime \prime 幅度的轨道不平效应.

     

    Abstract: The track unevenness has a significant impact on the pointing performance of large radio telescopes. The track unevenness related pointing measurements require a high spatial sampling density, necessitating a large number of measurement points. Given the limited number of radio pointing calibration sources, sufficient spatial sampling density must be achieved by Earth's rotation, which limits the measurement speed. OPTs (Optical Pointing Telescopes) can obtain high spatial density data independently of Earth's rotation, but the large number of measurement points still constraints the measurement speed. This paper proposed the adoption of OTF (On-The-Fly) mode in OPT observations to avoid the time-consuming process of establishing stable tracking at predetermined measurement points. To address the performance degradation of the antenna's encoder and the OPT at a high angular speed, a “bar-shaped” star extraction method based on the YOLO (You Only Look Once) approach was developed, and an encoder error model was established. Ultimately, pointing measurements at an angular speed of 1°/s were achieved. This measurement effectively detected the track unevenness effects with amplitudes of 2 arcseconds.

     

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