GMT enclosure structure and mechanism design

Jose Teran; Michael Sheehan; Daniel H. Neff; Nilesh Korde; Eric Manuel; Allan Ortega

doi:10.1117/12.2055189

22 July 2014 GMT enclosure structure and mechanism design

Jose Teran, Michael Sheehan, Daniel H. Neff, Nilesh Korde, Eric Manuel, Allan Ortega

Proceedings Volume 9145, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V; 91454L (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055189
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), one of several next generation Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), is a 25.4 meter diameter altitude over azimuth design set to be built at the summit of Cerro Campánas at the Las Campánas Observatory in Chile. This paper describes the current status of the GMT enclosure structure and mechanisms design as it evolves in the current preliminary design phase.

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Jose Teran, Michael Sheehan, Daniel H. Neff, Nilesh Korde, Eric Manuel, and Allan Ortega "GMT enclosure structure and mechanism design", Proc. SPIE 9145, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V, 91454L (22 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055189

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