The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) structure

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5495, Issue , 2004, Pages 168-179

  Gunnels, Steve ^a   Davison, Warren ^b   Cuerden, Brian ^b   Hertz, Ed ^c  

^a Paragon Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant Magellan Telescope; GMT; Instrument platform; Telescope structure

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CARBON FIBERS; HYSTERESIS; MIRRORS; OPTICS; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE (GMT); INSTRUMENT PLATFORMS; OPTICS SUPPORT STRUCTURES (OSS); TELESCOPE STRUCTURE;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 12344264970     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550266     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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3. S. Gunnels, D. Carr, "Design of the Magellan Project 6.5 Meter Telescope: Telescope structure and mechanical systems", Proceedings of SPIE 2199, 1994.