A new wide-field corrector for the Kitt Peak Mayall 4-m telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3355, Issue , 1998, Pages 721-734

  Jacoby, George H ^a   Liang, Ming ^a   Vaughnn, David ^a   Reed, Rich ^a   Armandroff, Taft ^a  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AR coatings; Astronomical imaging; Atmospheric dispersion compensation; CCD Mosaic; Corrector; Optical design

Indexed keywords

AR COATINGS; ASTRONOMICAL IMAGING; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION COMPENSATION; CCD MOSAIC; CORRECTOR;

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TELESCOPES;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 62849090664     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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