Prime focus active optics with the large binocular telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hill, J M ^a   Ragazzoni, R ^b   Baruffolo, A ^b   Biddick, C J ^a   Kuhn, O P ^a   Diolaiti, E ^c   Thompson, D ^a   Rakich, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active optics; Binocular telescope; Extrafocal pupil; Honeycomb mirror; Prime focus imaging

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OPTICS; BINOCULAR TELESCOPE; EXTRAFOCAL PUPIL; HONEYCOMB MIRROR; PRIME FOCUS IMAGING;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; BINOCULARS; CAMERAS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MIRRORS; WAVEFRONTS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 56249102285     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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