Advanced technology solar telescope: Conceptual design and status

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5489, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 625-637

  Keil, S ^a   Oschmann, J ^a   Rimmele, T R ^a   Hubbard, R ^a   Warner, M ^a   Price, R ^a   Dalrymple, N ^b   Goodrich, B ^a   Hegwer, S ^a   Hill, F ^a   Wagner, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active telescope; Adaptive optics; Solar magnetism; Solar telescope; Telescope

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TELESCOPES; SCIENTIFIC DRIVERS; SOLAR MAGNETISM; SOLAR TELESCOPES;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; POLARIMETERS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 10444286068     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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