Choice of aperture for large telescopes for optical wavelengths

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3352, Issue , 1998, Pages 754-765

  Ardeberg, Arne ^a   Andersen, Torben ^a   Owner Petersen, Mette ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Aperture; Contrast ratio; Cost estimate; F ratio; Mechanical design; Optical configuration; Segmentation; Very large telescope

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ALGORITHMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERFEROMETRY; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PLANETARIUMS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALIGNMENT SYSTEM; CONTRAST RATIO; COST ESTIMATE; LARGE TELESCOPES; MECHANICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL APERTURES; OPTICAL CONFIGURATION; OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0032403304     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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