Scientific achievements, Hardware and methodological developments

2005

Creation of the distributed net of control (DCN) of the 6 m telescope has been completed, which is based on the use of digital tracking drives and the means of commercial automatization to ensure the real-time processes of control and data acquisition. With changing to DCN, computer diagnostics of the majority of units of the telescope has been implemented, the reliability of its operation in the whole has been increased, its performance characteristics have been improved. The created original software permits flexible change and reconstruction of the telescope units and involve new service functions.

For the solar spectral-polarization complex of high resolution of RATAN-600 input feeds of circular polarization allowing measurement of extreme polarization degrees in a range of 6-18 GHz have been created. Data acquisition system for registering 64 channels with a speed of 1 millisecond per channel and software for reduction of multiwave observations allowing comparison with the data of the main ground-based and space solar observatories have been developed. Complete automation of the complex performance in the mode of adaptive selection of amplification, control of the current parameters, channel smoothing of a spectrum to an accuracy of 0.5% etc. have been implemented.

The first Russians Internet opened visual monitoring system is developed and put into operation for the SAO RAS 6 m telescope. That makes it possible for the operators and observers to inspect remotely the state and performance of the basic telescope systems, pointing control and weather conditions.