Lightweight off-axis 8-m class telescope: a case study to ELT approximation

Elfego Ruiz; Erika Sohn; Esteban Luna; Luis Salas; Irene Cruz-Gonzalez

doi:10.1117/12.566267

7 July 2004 Lightweight off-axis 8-m class telescope: a case study to ELT approximation

Elfego Ruiz, Erika Sohn, Esteban Luna, Luis Salas, Irene Cruz-Gonzalez

Proceedings Volume 5382, Second Backaskog Workshop on Extremely Large Telescopes; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566267
Event: Second Backaskog Workshop on Extremely Large Telescopes, 2003, Backaskog, Sweden

Abstract

Two main trends presently prevail in ELT design: arrays of hundreds of small (1 - 2 m) hexagonal mirrors and the use of several large (~8m) monolithic mirrors. We present a conceptual study of an off axis 8 m telescope with different mirror options, which can be useful as an experiment towards the design of large multi-mirror telescopes, in terms of different mirror materials, ideas for the optics and new solutions for the telescope mechanical assembly.

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Elfego Ruiz, Erika Sohn, Esteban Luna, Luis Salas, and Irene Cruz-Gonzalez "Lightweight off-axis 8-m class telescope: a case study to ELT approximation", Proc. SPIE 5382, Second Backaskog Workshop on Extremely Large Telescopes, (7 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566267

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