Discovery Channel Telescope progress and status

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6267 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Smith, B W ^a   Bida, T A ^a   Millis, R L ^a   Dunham, E W ^a   Wiecha, O M ^a   Marshall, H K ^a  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DCT; Lowell Observatory; Survey telescope; Wide field

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

DISCOVERY CHANNEL TELESCOPE (DCT); SURVEY TELESCOPES; WIDE FIELD;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749246022     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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