Progress on the GMT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Johns, Matt ^a  

^a CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ELT; Giant Magellan Telescope; GMT

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATE LIST; DESIGN DEVELOPMENT; ELT; GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE; GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPES; GMT; IMAGE BLUR; INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROGRAPH; MIRROR FIGURE; OFF-AXIS SEGMENTS; OVERALL DESIGN; PRIMARY MIRRORS; RECENT PROGRESS; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; TELESCOPE STRUCTURES; TEST TOWER; TRUSS STRUCTURE; UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA; VERIFICATION TESTS; WIND SHAKE;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TESTING;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 66249092174     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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