Conceptual design options of a large optical telescope of 10- to 25-m class

Victor V. Sytchev; Valery B. Kaspersky; Svetlana M. Stroganova; Vladimir I. Travush

doi:10.1117/12.269090

21 March 1997 Conceptual design options of a large optical telescope of 10- to 25-m class

Victor V. Sytchev, Valery B. Kaspersky, Svetlana M. Stroganova, Vladimir I. Travush

Proceedings Volume 2871, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.269090
Event: Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, 1996, Landskrona/Hven, Sweden

Abstract

Based on system analysis of technical and operational requirements and on actual trends in large optical telescope development a concept and an alternate design are proposed for telescope load-bearing case representing the first attempt to integrate functions of different elements of telescope consisting in making physically integral tube, mounting and enclosure which has not been met in the world practice of telescope construction.

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Victor V. Sytchev, Valery B. Kaspersky, Svetlana M. Stroganova, and Vladimir I. Travush "Conceptual design options of a large optical telescope of 10- to 25-m class", Proc. SPIE 2871, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, (21 March 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.269090

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