Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jrasc..75..305r&link_type=abstract
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, vol. 75, Dec. 1981, p. 305-315. In French.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Telescopes, International Cooperation, Research And Development, Canada, Electrophotometers, France, Hawaii, Polarimetry, Site Selection, Spectral Resolution, Stellar Spectrophotometry
Scientific paper
The development, current status and future potential of the 3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), on Mauna Kea are reviewed. The joint project is shown to have arisen from a desire on the part of France beginning in 1965 for an instrument similar to the 3.6-m ESO telescope, in the Northern Hemisphere, and a parallel desire on the part of Canadian astronomers for a large telescope at a location with the best seeing conditions, coupled with the promotion of the Mauna Kea site as a location with clear sky, sensational images, and excellent quality for infrared astronomy. Since the inauguration of the telescope in September 1979, the telescope has been used for 110 projects in 18 months, even as the installation of the coude focus and spectrograph, Reticon detector, and final control software were in progress. Although the CFHT has a potential for high performance in infrared studies, high-dispersion coude spectroscopy, moderate-resolution spectroscopy, stellar photometry, polarimetry or photoelectric spectrophotometry, it is expected that it will prove most useful in imaging applications.
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