The large binocular telescope project

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3352, Issue , 1998, Pages 23-33

  Hill, J M ^a   Salinari, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomical telescopes; Honeycomb mirrors; Interferometry

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BINOCULARS; INTERFEROMETERS; MACHINING; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; STIFFNESS;

BOROSILICATE HONEYCOMB PRIMARY MIRRORS; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPE;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0032404226     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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