Simplifying the prime focus corrector of the discovery channel telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  MacFarlane, M J ^a   Dunham, E W ^b  

^a GOODRICH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DCT; Optical design; Prime focus; Wide field

Indexed keywords

DISCOVERY CHANNEL TELESCOPE (DCT); PRIME FOCUS; WIDE-FIELD;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GLASS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL DESIGN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749332742     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671863     Document Type: Review

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