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Consideration for the Design of the Driving and Bearing System for Large Telescopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

F. Taddei  and
R. Tomelleri
F. Taddei
Affiliation:
Istituto di Meccanica Macchine Utensili, Politecnico di Milano
R. Tomelleri
Affiliation:
ADS, Lipomo, Italy

Extract

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The Astronomers target for the present and the next decade is the construction of large telescopes 3,5 - 4 m. primary mirror diameter and very large telescopes 8 - 9 m. primary mirror diameter, in the array or multi-mirror design, improving at the same time the performance of the instruments compared to the efficiency and precision of the same.

Type
II. Mirrors and Domes
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 79: Very Large Telescopes, their Instrumentation and Programs , 1984 , pp. 95 - 107
Copyright
Copyright © ESO 1984