The invention belongs to the technical field of optical adjustment of large-aperture telescopes, and particularly relates to a device and a method for in-situ measurement of
optical axis errors of a large-aperture
telescope in an
external field. The method comprises the following steps: S1, roughly adjusting the four-dimensional adjusting base to enable the auto-collimation
light pipe to be aligned with the center of a
pitch axis of a to-be-measured piece; s2, rotating the
pitch axis of the to-be-measured piece, and adjusting the angle inclination adjusting mechanism to enable the reflecting surface of the
plane mirror to be perpendicular to the
optical axis of the auto-collimation
light pipe, and at the moment, enabling the
optical axis of the auto-collimation
light pipe to coincide with the
pitch axis of the to-be-measured piece; s3, using the to-be-detected piece to track a natural star, when the natural star is located at the center of the
detector target surface of the to-be-detected piece, rotating the rotatable
pentaprism mechanism to enable the third window to be aligned with the natural star, and enabling the natural star to be imaged on the
detector target surface of the auto-collimation light
pipe and the
detector target surface of the to-be-detected piece at the same time; and S4, calculating a
visual axis error of the to-be-measured piece based on the imaging track of the natural star. According to the invention, the process can be simplified, the efficiency can be improved, and the large-aperture
telescope optical axis difference can be measured in real time in an out-field on-site manner.