The Design and Construction of Large Optical Telescopes
There is no dearth of books on telescope optics and, indeed, optics is clearly a keyelementinthedesignandconstructionoftelescopes.Butitisbynomeans the only important element. As telescopes become larger and more costly, other aspects such as structures, p
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ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS LIBRARY I. Appenzeller, Heidelberg , Germany G. Borner, Garching , Germany M.A. Dopita, Canberra, ACT, Australia M. Harwit, Washington, DC, USA R. Kippenhahn, Gotting en, Germany J. Lequeux, Paris, France A. Maeder, Sauverny, Switzerland P.A. Strittmatter, Tucson, AZ, USA V. Trimble, Colleg e Park, MD, and Irvine, CA, USA
Pierre Y. Bely Editor
The Design and Construction of Large Optical Telescopes With 327 Illustrations
Pierre Y. Bely, Space Telescope Science Institute, Science and Engineering Systems Department, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Series Editors Immo Appenzeller
Gerhard Bo¨ rner
Michael A. Dopita
MPI fu¨ r Physik und Astrophysik Institut fu¨ r Astrophysik Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1 D-85748 Garching Germany
The Australian National University Institute of Advanced Studies Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics Cotter Road, Weston Creek Mount Stromlo Observatory Canberra, ACT 2611 Australia
Martin Harwit
Rudolf Kippenhahn
James Lequeux
Department of Astronomy Space Sciences Building Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-6801 USA
Rautenbreite 2 D-37077 Go¨ ttingen Germany
Observatoire de Paris 61, Avenue de l’Observatoire 75014 Paris France
Andre´ Maeder
Peter A. Strittmatter
Virginia Trimble
Observatoire de Gene` ve CH-1290 Sauverny Switzerland
Steward Observatory The University of Arizona Tuscon, AZ 85721 USA
Astronomy Program University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 and Department of Physics University of California Irvine, CA 92717 USA
Landessternwarte, Ko¨ nigstuhl D-69117 Heidelberg Germany
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The design and construction of large optical telescopes / editor Pierre Y. Bely. p. cm. — (Astronomy and astrophysics library) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-387-95512-7 (alk. paper) 1. Large astronomical telescopes—Design and construction. I. Bely, Pierre-Yves. II. Series QB90 .D48 2002 522′.29—dc21 2002070552 ISBN 0-387-95512-7
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