Cerro tololo inter-American observatory, Victor M. Blanco 4-m telescope and the dark energy survey

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6267 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Abbott, Timothy M C ^a   Catarutti, Rolando ^a   Mondaca, Eduardo ^a   Montane, Andres ^a   Schumacher, German ^a   Tighe, Roberte ^a   Walker, Alistair ^a   Allspach, Del ^b   Cease, Herman ^b   Flaugher, Brenna ^b   Peoples, John ^b   Stefanik, Andrew ^b   Thaler, Jon ^c   Simatis, Vaidotas J ^c  

^a CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomical survey; Imager; Observatory operations; Telescope upgrade

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CONTROL SYSTEMS; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

ASTRONOMICAL SURVEY; OBSERVATORY OPERATIONS; TELESCOPE UPGRADE;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749019710     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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