DAG rotating enclosure final erection and acceptance tests

G. Marchiori; F. Rampini; M. Amalfi; R. Bressan; L. Ghedin; C. Battistel; C. Manfrin; L. Vio; T. Niero; T. Marchiori; C. Yeşilyaprak; O. Keskin

doi:10.1117/12.3023110

11 September 2024 DAG rotating enclosure final erection and acceptance tests

G. Marchiori, F. Rampini, M. Amalfi, R. Bressan, L. Ghedin, C. Battistel, C. Manfrin, L. Vio, T. Niero, T. Marchiori, C. Yeşilyaprak, O. Keskin

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Proceedings Volume 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X; 130942Y (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3023110
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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The DAG (Dogu Anadolu Gözlemevi) observatory is the largest observatory in Turkey and is composed by the 4m-class infrared Telescope, the Rotating Enclosure, the dome fixed structure and the auxiliary building. It is mounted on the top of Karakaya Mountain at 3170m altitude, close to Erzurum, in Turkey. This presentation refers to the DAG Rotating Enclosure. The Rotating Enclosure is octagonal sized steel structure with eight trolleys acting on a rai of 18.6 meters diameter. The structure is and 14.5m high over a pillar 9.0m. It is equipped with an observing slit door composed by two L-Shaped elements. Six sliding ventilation doors, about 3.7x6.5m each, that can be opened independently and with different degrees of aperture allow for optimizing the internal airflow. Immediately Inside the observing slit doors, there is a windscreen consisting of 3 panels that, in case of wind, are raised in accordance with the telescope elevation to protect it. The panels have a specific degree of air permeability to still allow ventilation for the telescope. A 6.5tons overall bridge crane allows to move pieces in every zone of the rotating enclosure for the maintenance of the telescope optics. At the beginning of November 2023, EIE carried out all acceptance tests with the end customer and delivered the rotating enclosure to ATASAM. This paper provides the results of the final erection and reports the procedures and results of the Acceptance Tests performed by EIE for the DAG Rotating Enclosure activities. 4m class telescopes and related Domes represent nowadays a consolidated part of EIE core-business, a low costs standard product able to satisfy the most critical observational requirements of astronomers.

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G. Marchiori, F. Rampini, M. Amalfi, R. Bressan, L. Ghedin, C. Battistel, C. Manfrin, L. Vio, T. Niero, T. Marchiori, C. Yeşilyaprak, and O. Keskin "DAG rotating enclosure final erection and acceptance tests", Proc. SPIE 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X, 130942Y (11 September 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3023110

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