TNG Publications and Technical Reports

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    List of Technical Reports

  1. The Galileo National Telescope, Cesare Barbieri, Oct. 1990
  2. 2D photon counting at Padova-Asiago Observatory, C.Barbieri, F.Bortoletto, M.D'Alessandro, R.Ragazzoni, V.Scotton, Sept. 1990
  3. The Fourier Transform Spectrometer vs. Echelle debate revisited, R.K.Bhatia, R.Gratton, A.Iovino, Oct. 1990
  4. A preliminary design for auxiliary optics for HST-FOC, R.Ragazzoni, Dec. 1990
  5. Design considerations for an echelle spectrograph for the 3.5m Italian telescope Galileo, R.K.Bhatia, R.Gratton, A.Iovino, June 1991
  6. The TNG command architecture, A.Baruffolo, C.Bonoli, A.Ciani, June 1991
  7. Primary mirror control system for the GALILEO telescope, F.Bortoletto, A.Baruffolo, C.Bonoli, M.D'Alessandro, D.Fantinel, G.Giudici, R.Ragazzoni, L.Salvadori, P.Vanini, Sept. 1991
  8. Moving M2 mirror without pointing offset, R.Ragazzoni, F.Bortoletto, Sept. 1991
  9. Galileo Project Workstation Software System, A.Balestra, P.Marcucci, F.Pasian, M.Pucillo, R.Smareglia, C.Vuerli, Dec. 1992
  10. IDL-SH, A package of Shack-Hartmann data reduction under IDL environment, R.Ragazzoni, Feb. 1992
  11. Active control of spectrum drifts in spectrographs, R.Bhatia, A.Ciani, Feb. 1992
  12. Theory of the post-dispersed Fourier transform spectrographs, R.Gratton, R.Bhatia, March 1992
  13. The Status of the Galileo National Telescope, C.Barbieri, A.Baruffolo, R.Bhatia, C.Bonoli, F.Bortoletto, G.Canton, A.Ciani, P.Conconi, M.D'Alessandro, D.Fantinel, D.Mancini, A.Maurizio, S.Ortolani, M.Pucillo, P.Rafanelli, R.Ragazzoni, F.Rampazzi, S.Sardone, M.Zambon, V.Zitelli, June 1992
  14. A distributed VME Telescope Control System for Remote Operations, C.Bonoli, D.Fantinel, A.Baruffolo, F.Bortoletto, June 1992
  15. The Galileo Table Editor, P.Marcucci, M.Pucillo, October 1992
  16. The Galileo Help System, Version 1.0, P.Marcucci, December 1992
  17. The Galileo Message Exchange System, A.Balestra, December 1992
  18. Optimization of auxiliary optics in Active Optics Telescopes, R.Ragazzoni, December 1992
  19. TNG Data Handling and Archiving: an Overview, F.Pasian, M.Pucillo, December 1992
  20. Optical Quality of the Primary Mirror of the Galileo Telescope from the Shack--Hartmann Test, R.Bhatia, A.Ciani, March 1993
  21. The TNG Main Axes Drive System, D.Mancini, August 1993
  22. The GALILEO Telescope Power System, D.mancini, August 1993
  23. Testing Active Optics for the National Telescope GALILEO, F.Bortoletto, D.Fantinel, G.Giudici, R.Ragazzoni, August 1993
  24. Results from the Shack--Hartmann analysis of the 3.5m primary mirror of the Galileo telescope, R.Bhatia, A.Ciani, P.Rafanelli, September 1993
  25. Orthogonality of the Zernike Polynomials: an experimental investigation, A.Ciani, R.Bhatia, September 1993
  26. Atmospheric Dispertion Corrector (ADC) for the TNG, R.Gratton, A.Ciani, P.Conconi, September 1993
  27. Mechanical Backlash in the TNG Azimuth Feed Drives, F.Bevini, September 1993
  28. The Seeing Monitor Tower, D.Mancini, G.Mancini, S.Ortolani, V.Zitelli, September 1993
  29. Hydrostatic Bearing System for the TNG Azimuth Axis, F.Bevini, November 1993
  30. Raleigh vs. Sodium Beacon for Large FoV Partial Correction, R.Ragazzoni, E.Marchetti, February 1994
  31. A Liquid Adaptive Mirror, R.Ragazzoni, E.Marchetti, February 1994
  32. Some useful relationships among optical parameters in the TNG, R.Ragazzoni, March 1994
  33. Active optics handling inside Galileo Telescope, F.Bortoletto, D.Fantinel, R.Ragazzoni, C.Bonoli, M.D'Alessandro, A.Balestra, P.Marcucci, M.Pucillo, C.Vuerli, April 1994
  34. Active spectrographs: a new way to improve their quality, R.Bhatia, April 1994
  35. Defining mirror quality: a global approach, R.Bhatia, A.Ciani, April 1994
  36. The Status of the Galileo National Telescope, C.Barbieri, R.Bhatia, C.Bonoli, F.Bortoletto, G.Canton, A.Ciani, P.Conconi, M.D'Alessandro, D.Fantinel, D.Mancini, A.Maurizio, S.Ortolani, M.Pucillo, P.Rafanelli, R.Ragazzoni, M.Zambon, V.Zitelli, May 1994
  37. Laboratory results on tip/tilt compensation for astronomy, S.Esposito, G.Brusa, D.Bonaccini, V.Biliotti, May 1994
  38. Adaptive Optics System Error Budgets and Parametric Analysis, D.Bonaccini, May 1994
  39. Optics for the TNG Rotator/Adapter, R.Ragazzoni, October 1994
  40. Active Spectrographs: using the Shack-Hartmann principle to improve their quality, R.Bhatia, A.Ciani, October 1994
  41. Adaptive Optics for the TNG, S.di Serego Alighieri, D.Bonaccini, E.Oliva, G.Piotto, R.Ragazzoni, A.Richichi, January 1995
  42. An unusual aberration of very large Liquid Mirror Telescopes, R.Ragazzoni, R.U.Claudi, March 1995
  43. Telescope alignment: is the zero-coma condition sufficient?, R.Bhatia, May 1995
  44. TNG Control System: computer architecture, interfacing and synchronization, C.Bonoli, D.Mancini, F.Bortoletto, L.Corcione, M.D'Alessandro, P.Schipani, R.Stefani, May 1995
  45. Design of a Prime Focus Corrector for a 1.5m Class Telescope, E.Marchetti, May 1995
  46. Pupil Plane Wavefront Sensing with an Oscillating Prism, R.Ragazzoni, August 1995
  47. Auxiliary Telescopes for the Absolute Tip-Tilt Determination of a Laser Guide Star, R.Ragazzoni, S.Esposito, E.Marchetti, August 1995
  48. Optical Design of the TNG High Resolution Spectrograph (SARG): the R4 Option, A.Cavazza, R.G.Gratton, R.K.Bhatia, September 1995

    Technical Reports available online

  49. The Calibration Archive and Quick-Reduction at the TNG Telescope, F.Pasian, M.Pucillo, September 1995
    (Postscript zipped), (Browser)
  50. The TNG Control System: the Encoder Subsystem, D.Mancini, P.Schipani, September 1995
    (Postscript zipped), (Browser)
  51. Archives at the TNG Telescope: Architectural Design Document, F.Pasian, September 1995
    (Postscript zipped)
  52. Absolute Tip-Tilt Determination with Laser Beacons, R.Ragazzoni, October 1995
    (Postscript zipped), (Browser)
  53. The GALILEO Italian National Telescope and its Instrumentation, C.Barbieri, November 1995
    (Postscript zipped) - 3.6 MB - , (Browser)
  54. The TNG Tip-Tilt Servo-Loop, L.Fini, P.Ranfagni, December 1995
    (Postscript zipped), (Browser)
  55. Data Reduction Software for TNG Instruments: Definitions, F.Pasian, January 1996
    (Postscript zipped), (Browser)
  56. Propagation delay of a laser beacon as a tool to retrieve absolute tilt measurements R.Ragazzoni, April 1996
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  57. Focus anisoplanatism effects on tip-tilt compensation for Adaptive Optics using sodium laser beacons as tracking reference S.Esposito, A.Riccardi, R.Ragazzoni, July 1996
    (Postscript zipped), (Browser)
  58. The effective layer height for star wandering and the accuracy of tilt sensing in multicolour laser stars R.Ragazzoni, E.Marchetti, G.Brusa, July 1996
    (Postscripti zipped), (Browser)
  59. Control system description and tracking performance of the TNG in the workshop D.Mancini, E.Cascone, P.Schipani, September 1996
    (Browser)
  60. Sky coverage with the auxiliary telescopes LGS tilt recovery technique E.Marchetti, R.Ragazzoni, January 1997
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  61. Robust tilt determination from Laser Guide Stars using a combination of different techniques R.Ragazzoni, January 1997, (Postscript zipped) (Browser)
  62. Optimum configurations for two off-axis parabolae optical relay A.Ghedina, R.Ragazzoni, February 1997, (Postscript zipped) (Browser)
  63. Figure-of-eight velocity curves: UGC 10205 J.C.Vega, E.M.Corsini, A.Pizzella, F.Bertola, February 1997, (Postscript zipped) (Browser)
  64. The Astronomic and Geodetic Coordinates of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, Canary Islands, A.Caporali, C.Barbieri, April 1997, (Postscript) (Browser)
  65. Alignment of the TNG Dome relative to Trigonometric Verteces, A.Caporali, April 1997, (Postscript) (Browser)
  66. The Infrared Grisms for the Galileo Telescope, F.Vitali, D.Lorenzetti, D.Ferruzzi, E.Oliva, July 1997, (Postscript zipped) (Browser)
  67. Temperature forcast and dome seeing minimization. I. A case study using a neural network model, F.Buffa, I.Porceddu, October 1997, (Postscript zipped) (Browser)
  68. Laser Guide Star Advanced Concepts: Tilt Problem, Perspective Approach and Beyond, R.Ragazzoni, November 1997, (Postscript zipped) (Browser)
  69. Isokinetic patch measurements on the edge of the Moon, A.Ghedina, R.Ragazzoni, A.Baruffolo, December 1997, (Postscript zipped) (Browser)
  70. On-line image selection for the Italian Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG): numerical simulation and performance evaluation, C.Morossi, M.Franchini, S.Furlani, G.Sedmak, December 1997, (Postscript zipped) (Browser)
  71. Laboratory characterization of an APD-based tip-tilt corrector, S.Esposito, E.Marchetti, R.Ragazzoni, A.Baruffolo, J.Farinato, L.Fini, A.Ghedina, P.Ranfagni, A.Riccardi, February 1998, (Postscript zipped) (Browser)
  72. The High Resolution Spectrograph of TNG: a Status Report, R.G.Gratton, A.Cavazza, R.U.Claudi, M.Rebeschini, G.Bonanno, P.Bruno, A.Cali, S.Scuderi, R.Cosentino, S.Desidera, March 1998, (Word for Windows zipped) (Browser)
  73. TNG Software Commissioning: Issue 1, The TNG Commissioning Group, March 1998 (Word for Windows zipped)
  74. The TNG Active Optics User Interface, C.Pernechele, April 1998 (Word for Windows) (Browser)
  75. The TNG Telescope Control User Interface, D.Gardiol, A.Zacchei, April 1998 (Word for Windows zipped) (Browser)
  76. The TNG Rotator Adapter User Interface, E.giro, C.Pernechele, April 1998 (Word for Windows zipped) (Browser)
  77. TNG Optics Commissioning: Issue 1, The TNG Commissioning Group, April 1998 (Word for Windows zipped) - 10 MB -
  78. Low Resolution Spectrograph for the TNG: Functional Specifications for the Control Software, M.Pucillo, P.Conconi, E.Molinari, S.Monai, June 1998, (Word for Windows zipped)
  79. Test and Characterization of the Temperature Transducers for the CCD Cameras of the Italian National Telescope Galileo, M.Comari, C.Corte, June 1998, (Word for Windows)
  80. The TNG Wavefront Sensor User Interface: Software and simulations, C.Pernechele, July 1998, (Word for Windows zipped) (Browser)


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