The large binocular telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hill, J M ^a   Green, R F ^a   Slagle, J H ^a   Ashby, D S ^a   Brusa Zappellini, G ^a   Brynnel, J G ^a   Cushing, N J ^a   Little, J ^a   Wagner, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Binocular telescope; Honeycomb mirror; Phased array imaging; Prime focus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MIRRORS; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY; ARIZONA; BINOCULAR TELESCOPE; CIRCULAR APERTURE; COHERENT IMAGING; DIFFRACTION-LIMITED RESOLUTION; GERMANY; HONEYCOMB MIRROR; INDIANA; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPE; MINNESOTA; PHASED ARRAY IMAGING; PRIMARY MIRRORS; PRIME FOCUS; SCIENTIFIC RESULTS; SECONDARY MIRROR; SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; UNIQUE FEATURES; VIRGINIA;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BINOCULARS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; LIGHT; MIRRORS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 66749158010     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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