The Spectroscopic Survey Telescope project

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2199, Issue , 1994, Pages 31-40

  Ramsey, Lawrence W ^a   Sebring, Thomas A ^b   Sneden, Christopher ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SURVEYS;

EFFICIENT DESIGNS; INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; SCIENCE MISSIONS; SEGMENTED PRIMARY MIRRORS; SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS; UNIQUE FEATURES; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS;

COSTS;

EID: 0003368349     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.176221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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