Optical Performance of the SOT: Test Report for the Flight Telescope

K. Ichimoto

Wavefront error of the Optical Telescope Assembry (OTA) of SOT in the final flight configuration was extensively measured, by canceling the gravitation, under the thermal condition in orbit, or after applying mechanical launch loads. Other critical aspects like the pointing stability against the microvibration in the spacecraft or polarization characteristic of entire SOT were also verified. I will report the results from these testing and demonstrate the superb performance of SOT for diffraction limited polarimetory of the sun.

Correspondence

Kiyoshi Ichimoto (ichimoto@solar.mtk.nao.ac.jp), NAOJ

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