PILOT- THE PATHFINDER FOR AN INTERNATIONAL LARGE OPTICAL TELESCOPE

Abstract. PILOT is proposed as a partnership between Australia and Europe to develop a 2.4 metre optical/infrared telescope for Dome C, Antarctica. Funding for a detailed designed study is being sought from Australian sources, with a view to commencing construction in early 2008. The current “strawm...

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Main Authors: J. W. V. Storey, M. C. B. Ashley, M. G. Burton, J. S. Lawrence
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.147.5613
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba/pubs/storey07a.pdf
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Summary:Abstract. PILOT is proposed as a partnership between Australia and Europe to develop a 2.4 metre optical/infrared telescope for Dome C, Antarctica. Funding for a detailed designed study is being sought from Australian sources, with a view to commencing construction in early 2008. The current “strawman ” design is for an f/10 dual Nasmyth configuration with provision for both a silicon carbide fast tip-tilt secondary mirror for the thermal infrared, and an adaptive secondary mirror to achieve diffraction-limited imaging at wavelengths as short as V-band. 1

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