Visible and infrared survey telescope for astronomy: Overview

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4836, Issue , 2002, Pages 35-42

  Emerson, Jim ^a   Sutherland, Will ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astronomical surveys; Baffling; Optical design; Survey telescope; VISTA; Wide area infrared camera

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL DESIGN; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SURVEYING;

ASTRONOMICAL SURVEYS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037967368     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.456741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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