Science drivers and first generation instrumentation for the Southern African large telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4834, Issue , 2002, Pages 264-275

  Buckley, David A H ^a   Hearnshaw, John B ^b   Nordsieck, Kenneth H ^c   O'Donoghue, Darragh ^d  

^a SALT   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

10 m telescopes; Astronomical instruments; Fabry Perot spectroscopy; High speed astronomy; Imaging camera; Niche astronomy; SALT; Science drivers; Spectrographs; VPH gratings

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; IMAGE QUALITY; MIRRORS; POLARIMETERS; SPECTROGRAPHS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HIGH SPEED ASTRONOMY;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038736694     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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