Overview of the large synoptic survey telescope project

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6267 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sweeney, Donald W ^a  

^a LSST   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameras; Data Management; LSST; Project Mangagement; Surveys; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT; LARGE SYNOPTIC SURVEY TELESCOPE (LSST);

CAMERAS; FOCUSING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33749038182     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.668217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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