Concept for a second giant magellan telescope (GMT) in antarctica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5382, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 76-84

  Angel, Roger ^a   Lawrence, Jon ^b   Storey, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; BANDWIDTH; COLD WEATHER PROBLEMS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MIRRORS; PLANETS;

ANTARCTIC TELESCOPES; ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS; GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE (GMT); WINTER MEASUREMENTS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 5444267375     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.566107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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