Large synoptic survey telescope: Overview

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4836, Issue , 2002, Pages 10-20

  Tyson, J Anthony ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Faint optical transients; Fast deep imaging; High etendue; Large format imagers; Petabyte database; Wide field optics

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GALAXIES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOMETRY; SURVEYING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

FAINT OPTICAL TRANSIENTS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037967371     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.456772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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