Mounting large lenses for the MMT's f/5 wide-field corrector: Lessons learned

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5492, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 553-563

  Fata, Robert ^a   Kradinov, Vladimir ^a   Fabricant, Daniel ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Large optics; Lens mounting; RTV; Shape factor

Indexed keywords

LARGE OPTICS; LENS MOUNTING; RTV; SHAPE FACTORS;

ALUMINUM; CAMERAS; FUSED SILICA; HARDNESS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS; SPECTROGRAPHS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

LENSES;

EID: 10444240289     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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