Optical design of the discovery channel telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5489, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 796-804

  MacFarlane, M J ^a   Dunham, E W ^b  

^a GOODRICH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DCT; Prime focus; Ritchey Chretien; Wide field

Indexed keywords

DISCOVERY CHANNEL TELESCOPE (DCT); PRIME FOCUS; RITCHEY-CHRETIEN; WIDE-FIELD;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGING; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 10444260513     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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