A method to measure the mirror reflectivity of a prime focus telescope

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 509-511

  Mirzoyan, R ^a   Garczarczyk, M ^a   Hose, J ^a   Paneque, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

IACT; Mirror reflectivity; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIRRORS; REFLECTION;

FOCAL PLANE; OPTICAL AXIS; SKY REGION;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 34249811481     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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