PILOT - The pathfinder for an international large optical telescope
PILOT is proposed as a partnership between Australia and Europe to develop a 2.4 m 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...
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UNSW Sydney
2007
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/412 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/38592 |
Summary: | PILOT is proposed as a partnership between Australia and Europe to develop a 2.4 m 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. © EAS, EDP Sciences 2007. |
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