The giant magellan telescope (GMT) - structure design update

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gunnels, Steve ^a   Kan, Frank ^b   Sarawit, Andrew ^b  

^a Paragon Engineering   (United States)

^b Simpson Gumpertz and Heger (SGH)   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant magellan telescope; GMT; Instrument platform; Secondary truss; Telescope structure

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE; GMT; INSTRUMENT PLATFORM; SECONDARY TRUSS; TELESCOPE STRUCTURE;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; HYDROSTATIC BEARINGS; INSTRUMENTS; MOUNTINGS; TRUSSES;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 66749129124     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789459     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Johns, M., "Progress on the GMT", Proceedings SPIE vol. 7012, 2008; these proceedings.
2. Gunnels, S., Davison, W., Cuerden, B., Hertz, E., "The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) Structure", in Astronomical Structures and Mechanisms Technology, J. Antebi, D. Lemke editors, Proceedings SPIE vol. 5495, 2004.
3. GMT Project, "Giant Magellan Telescope Conceptual Design Review", Chapter 7 - Structure, www.gmto.org 2006
4. Kan, F.W., and Eggers, D.W., "Wind Vibration Analyses of Giant Magellan Telescope," Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy II, M. J. Cullum and G. Z. Angeli, Eds., Proc. of SPIE Vol. 6271, 62710Q, (2006).