The Southern African Large Telescope:an alternative paradigm for an 8-m class telescope

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Jan 2001

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New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 45, Issue 1-2, p. 13-16.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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South Africa plans to build an 8-m class telescope - the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) - based on the novel design of the Hobby Eberly Telescope. These telescopes represent a different paradigm in design, at ~20% of the cost of more conventional telescopes. Primarily designed for spectroscopic observations, the telescopes are restricted in what targets can be observed at any particular moment, necessitating a queue-scheduled observing mode. The telescope design concept is reviewed and the observing constraints discussed. The science goals for SALT are maximized when certain observational criteria apply.

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