Perception For A Large Deployable Reflector Telescope

J. B. Breckinridge; P. N. Swanson; A. B. Meinel; M. P. Meinel

doi:10.1117/12.937956

3 November 1983 Perception For A Large Deployable Reflector Telescope

J. B. Breckinridge, P. N. Swanson, A. B. Meinel, M. P. Meinel

Proceedings Volume 0444, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes II; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937956
Event: 1983 Astronomy Conferences, 1983, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

Optical science and technology concepts for a large deployable reflector for far-infrared and submillimeter astronomy from above the earth's atmosphere are discussed. Requirements given at the Asilomar Conference are reviewed. The technical challenges of this large-aperture (about 20-meter) telescope, which will be diffraction limited in the infrared, are highlighted in a brief discussion of one particular configuration.

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J. B. Breckinridge, P. N. Swanson, A. B. Meinel, and M. P. Meinel "Perception For A Large Deployable Reflector Telescope", Proc. SPIE 0444, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes II, (3 November 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937956

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