Instrument concepts and scientific opportunities for TMT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Crampton, David ^a,c   Simard, Luc ^b,c  

^a Thirty Meter Telescope Project   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Instruments; Science; TMT

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SAC); THIRTY-METER TELESCOPE PROJECT (TMT);

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749019843     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.669666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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