The MMT f/5 secondary support system: Design, implementation, and performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5495, Issue , 2004, Pages 228-237

  Callahan, S ^a   Cuerden, B ^a   Fabricant, D ^b   Martin, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Mirror supports; Mirrors

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; INFRARED RADIATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; PRODUCT DESIGN; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ROBOTS; SPECTROGRAPHS;

ENCIRCLED-ENERGY (EE); FULL-WIDTH-HALF-MAXIMUM (FWHM); MIRROR SUPPORTS; SECONDARY SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 12344287137     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.549960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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