[Artist's Concept of AXAF-I] AXAF Project Science: Summary of IAPs during HRMA Calibration

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Initial Alignment Positions of AXAF High-Resolution Mirror Assembly (HRMA) during Calibration at the X-Ray Calibration Facility (XRCF).


Phase-IAP Date, GMT Pitch Yaw dX
Established arcmin arcmin mm Comments
1-IAP0 0.0 0.0 0.000 Aligned X-ARM, HRMA fixed on blocks
1-IAP1 364 18:00 0.0 0.0 0.000 Aligned X-ARM, original pre-vacuum IAP
1-IAP2 001 05:00 -1.1 -1.3 0.000 Initial failure IAP, calculated from encoder counts
1-IAP3 001 12:15 -1.5 -0.5 0.000 X-ray alignment test, change -0.4 pitch and +0.8 yaw wrt 1-IAP2
1-IAP4 002 18:22 0.0 0.0 0.000 Aligned X-ARM
1-IAP5 005 16:11 0.0 -1.0 0.000 X-ray quadrant-balance test, change -1.0 yaw wrt 1-IAP4
1-IAP6 026 08:08 0.0 -1.0 0.000 Same as 1-IAP5, but encoders zeroed with rack off
1-IAP7 air 027 20:00 0.0 0.0 0.000 Aligned X-ARM air, GSE @ 70 F
1-IAP7 028 15:01 0.0 0.0 0.000 Aligned X-ARM, GSE @ 67 F
1-IAP7a 029 16:52 0.0 0.0 0.000 Aligned X-ARM, GSE @ 55 F (Yaw 47 arcsec from 1-IAP7)
1-IAP7b 029 20:32 0.0 0.0 0.000 Aligned X-ARM, GSE @ 54 F (Pitch 7 arcsec from 1-IAP7a)
1-IAP8 036 18:00 0.0 0.0 0.000 Aligned X-ARM, GSE @ 52.5 F (Encoders nonzero at home)
2-IAP1 053 17:38 0.0 0.0 0.000 Aligned X-ARM
2-IAP2 058 23:16 0.0 0.0 0.203 Aligned X-ARM, HRMA axial displacement when setting IAP
2-IAP3 059 17:38 0.0 0.0 1.549 Aligned X-ARM, HRMA axial displacement when setting IAP
2-IAP4 064 20:38 0.0 0.0 0.076 Aligned X-ARM, HRMA axial displacement when setting IAP
2-IAP5 079 15:00 0.0 0.0 0.000 Aligned X-ARM
2-IAP6 091 05:15 0.0 0.0 0.000 Aligned X-ARM, special IAP for ghost-image search
Note a: Column 1 gives Calibration phase hyphen Initial Alignment Position sequence number.
Note b: Columns 3 and 4 give HRMA pitch and yaw relative to XRCF Alignment Reference Mirror (X-ARM).
Note c: Column 5 gives axial error resulting from incorrect software algorithm for HRMA actuators.

Last Update: 08 June 1998

Name: Steve O'Dell


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