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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Storey, John, Lawrence, Jonathan, Ashley, Michael, Burton, Michael
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Optical telescopes
Antarctica
Diffraction
Mirrors
Optical design
Silicon carbide
Wavelength
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/38592
https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/bitstreams/28c7ed2e-59d4-423f-8095-d6748ae2eb4e/download
https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/412
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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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