Site survey for the Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope

Details Site survey for the Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope Site survey for the Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope

Jan 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003spie.4840..509w&link_type=abstract

Future Giant Telescopes. Edited by Angel, J. Roger P.; Gilmozzi, Roberto. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4840, pp. 509-516 (2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

4

Scientific paper

The Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope (GSMT), along with other proposed Extremely Large Telescopes (ELT's) with apertures over 20-m, is likely to impose rather different site selection criteria than those for existing large telescopes. Advantageously, remote-sensing techniques allow rather more objective comparisons than was possible in the past, and the general task is aided by numerical modeling and new ground-based measurement techniques. In recognition of the difficulty of the site-selection process, co-operation between the several ELT projects is the norm. A description is given of the site survey for the GSMT, begun in late 1999, and now part of the GSMT studies and evaluation project, run by the Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) New Initiatives Office (NIO).

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Site survey for the Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Site survey for the Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Site survey for the Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1322283