Off-axis systems for 4-m class telescopes

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 3539-3546

  Moretto, Gilberto ^a,b   Kuhn, Jeff R ^c  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0007205431     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003539     Document Type: Article

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