Air-support concept for a large telescope

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May 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985apopt..24.1248b&link_type=abstract

Applied Optics (ISSN 0003-6935), vol. 24, May 1, 1985, p. 1248-1250.

Physics

Optics

Cost Effectiveness, Mounting, Reflecting Telescopes, Structural Design, Air, Collimation, Gas Pressure, Spheres, Supports

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The advantages that accrue to a large telescope mounting concept in which air pressure is used to support over 250 metric tons, in the case of a 7.5-m diameter primary mirror, are discussed. This air support concept obviates the conventional external dome and accomodates such comparatively long focal ratios as those in the f/3-4 range, thereby yielding a less limited field and superior optical figuring and collimation. The telescope is housed within a sphere, and manipulated from below in either an altazimuth or equatorial mode. The cost of a telescope of this design will compare favorably with other designs recently proposed in the literature.

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