The LSST instrument concept

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4836, Issue , 2002, Pages 228-239

  Starr, B ^a   Claver, C F ^a   Wolff, S ^a   Tyson, J A ^b   Lesser, M ^c   Daggert, L ^a   Dominguez, R ^a   Gomez, R ^a   Muller, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; Imager; LSST; Mosaic; Survey

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; IMAGE SENSORS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL IMAGERS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037629067     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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