Site testing for the discovery channel telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5489, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 196-206

  Bida, Thomas A ^a   Dunham, Edward W ^a   Bright, Leonard P ^a   Corson, Charles ^b  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BANDPASS FILTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL TESTING; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION;

DIFFERENTIAL IMAGE MOTION MEASUREMENT (DIMM); DISCOVERY CHANNEL TELESCOPE; LUNAR IRRADIANCE; SITE-TESTING STATION;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 10444246557     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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