LBC: The prime focus optical imagers at the LBT telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4841, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 815-826

  Pedichini, F ^b   Giallongo, E ^b   Ragazzoni, R ^c   Di Paola, A ^b   Fontana, A ^b   Speziali, R ^b   Farinato, J ^c   Baruffolo, A ^c   Magagna, C ^c   Diolaiti, E ^c   Pasian, F ^a   Smareglia, R ^a   Anaclerio, E ^c   Gallieni, D ^c   Lazzarini, P G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

CCD; Imager; LBT; Optical corrector; Wide field

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SURFACES; TELESCOPES;

OPTICAL IMAGERS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0038634967     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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