Handling and transporting the 8.4m mirrors for the large binocular telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5495, Issue , 2004, Pages 453-462

  Davison, Warren B ^a   Warner, Stephen H ^a   Williams, Joseph T ^b   Lutz, Randall D ^a   Hill, John M ^a   Slagle, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Multiple Mirror Telescope Observ   (United States)

Author keywords

Handling; Large optics; LBT; Mirror; Transportation

Indexed keywords

HANDLING; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPES (LBT); LARGE OPTICS; MIRROR CELLS;

LIGHT TRAILERS; MIRRORS; OPTICS; POLISHING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 12344263905     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.549808     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. J.M. Hill, P. Salinari, The Large Binocular Telescope, Ground Based Telescopes, (2004), SPIE 5489-42
2. W. B. Davison, J. T. Williams, J. M. Hill, Handling 20 Tons of Honeycomb Mirror with a Very Gentle Touch, Advanced Technology Optical/IR Telescopes VI, (1998), SPIE 3352-22