A device that always sends light from the sun and other celestial bodies, which undergo diurnal motion, in a fixed direction and directs it to observation equipment such as a spectrometer fixed on the ground. It consists of two plane mirrors, the first of which is in a plane that includes the polar axis that is parallel to the Earth's rotational axis, and when the polar axis is driven from east to west at half the speed of the diurnal motion, the light from the celestial bodies is reflected in a fixed direction. The second surface is used to reflect this light in the desired direction. Unlike a siderostat, a unique feature is that the image of the sun does not rotate when the polar axis is driven. [Yasumasa Yamashita] [References] |The coelostat of the Solar Tower Telescope at the Mitaka Campus of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. It uses two 60cm diameter flat mirrors to guide sunlight to the telescope inside the tower. ©National Astronomical Observatory of Japan "> National Astronomical Observatory Solar Tower Telescope Coelostat Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
日周運動をする太陽や天体からの光をつねに一定の方向に送り、地上に固定した分光器などの観測装置に導く装置。2面の平面鏡からなり、第1面は地球の自転軸に平行な極軸を含む面内にあり、極軸を日周運動の半分の速さで東から西へ駆動させると、天体からの光は一定の方向に反射される。第2面はこの光を目的の方向に反射させるためのもの。シデロスタットと異なり、極軸駆動によって太陽像は回転しないのが特長である。 [山下泰正] [参照項目] |国立天文台三鷹キャンパス、太陽塔望遠鏡のシーロスタット。口径60cmの平面鏡2枚を使用し、太陽光を塔内の望遠鏡へと導く©国立天文台"> 国立天文台太陽塔望遠鏡シーロスタット 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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