Two-meter telescopes for the new millennium

Craig H. Smith; Lawrence K. Randall; Benjamin I. Greene; Daniel R. Blanco; Bruce H. Cook; John K. Little; Adrian Loeff; Robert L. Meeks; Gordon Pentland

doi:10.1117/12.393949

2 August 2000 Two-meter telescopes for the new millennium

Craig H. Smith, Lawrence K. Randall, Benjamin I. Greene, Daniel R. Blanco, Bruce H. Cook, John K. Little, Adrian Loeff, Robert L. Meeks, Gordon Pentland

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Proceedings Volume 4004, Telescope Structures, Enclosures, Controls, Assembly/Integration/Validation, and Commissioning; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393949
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

In the year 2000, EOS Technologies, Inc. of Tucson, Arizona will complete six two-meter class telescopes for astronomy. Applications for these telescopes range from monitoring of active-galactic nuclei to the search for extra-solar planets. Four of the telescopes will form part of the Keck International Project. These telescopes meet the highest tracking and axis interaction specifications ever attempted in a two-meter class telescope. Each of these telescopes is capable of fully remote-control and semi-autonomous operation.

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Craig H. Smith, Lawrence K. Randall, Benjamin I. Greene, Daniel R. Blanco, Bruce H. Cook, John K. Little, Adrian Loeff, Robert L. Meeks, and Gordon Pentland "Two-meter telescopes for the new millennium", Proc. SPIE 4004, Telescope Structures, Enclosures, Controls, Assembly/Integration/Validation, and Commissioning, (2 August 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393949

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