Active optics on the Baade 6.5-M (Magellan I) telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4837, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 619-627

  Schechter, Paul L ^a   Burley, Greg ^b   Hull, Charles L ^b   Johns, Matt ^b   Martin, Buddy ^c   Schaller, Skip ^d   Shectman, Stephen A ^b   West, Steven C ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e MMT Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Active optices; Wavefront sensing

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MIRRORS; OPTICAL DEVICES; POLYNOMIALS; SENSORS;

ACTIVE OPTICS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038297123     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457899     Document Type: Conference Paper

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