SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL MTPPN /1.1
JOINT ASTRONOMY CENTRE

James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

JCMT Pointing Project Note 1.1

Proposed Upgrades to JCMT Pointing/Focussing Capabilities

• Summary
• Introduction
• Causes of Poor Pointing
• Inclinometry and the Track Model
• Improvements to the Track
• Weather Monitoring
• Other improvements
• Focus Improvements
• Summary and Timescales
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