Hardware implementation of the primary mirror surface heating system for the Gemini 8 meter telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3352, Issue , 1998, Pages 868-878

  Perona, B ^a   Hansen, E ^a   Hagelbarger, D ^a   Rudeen, A ^a  

^a Gemini 8m Telescopes Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary mirror; Resistive heating; Seeing; Thermal control

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

OPTICAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE HEATING SYSTEM;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0032402006     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319322     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Prototype testing of a surface heating system for the Gemini 8 meter telescopes
2. Reducing mirror seeing problems in meniscus mirrors
3. Introduction to VLSI systems
4. Temperature control of the 3.5 meter WIYN telescope primary mirror