make_gmt_aperture

hcipy.aperture.make_gmt_aperture(normalized=False, with_spiders=True, return_segments=False)

Make the Giant Magellan Telescope aperture.

The primary mirror parameters come from the GMT Observatory Architecture Documentation (GMT-REQ-03215, Rev. F): https://www.gmto.org/resources/slpdr/ . Small corrections have been applied to match to the actual pupil from internal GMTO files.

Parameters:
normalizedboolean

If this is True, the outer diameter will be scaled to 1. Otherwise, the diameter of the pupil will be 25.448 meters.

with_spidersboolean

If this is False, the spiders will be left out. Default: True.

return_segmentsboolean

If this is True, the segments will also be returned as a list of Field generators.

Returns:
Field generator

The GMT aperture.

elt_segmentslist of Field generators

The segments. Only returned when return_segments is True.