The discovery channel telescope a wide field telescope in Northern Arizona

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5489, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 658-666

  Sebring, Thomas A ^a   Dunham, Edward ^a   Millis, Robert L ^a  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomical telescope; DCT; Discovery Channel; Lowell Observatory; Wide field

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH; ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES; DISCOVERY CHANNEL TELESCOPE (DCT); DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.(CO); LOWELL OBSERVATORY; WIDE-FIELD;

ACCELERATION; ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE OPTICS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 10444238523     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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