The Large Binocular Telescope

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Hill, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BINOCULARS; BINS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TESTING;

ADAPTIVE MIRRORS; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY; CIRCULAR APERTURE; DIFFRACTION-LIMITED RESOLUTION; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPE; PRIMARY MIRRORS; SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 77955986465     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.00D115     Document Type: Article

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