Next-generation telescope enclosure: a 91-m (300 ft.) geodesic dome

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Aug 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000spie.4004..311m&link_type=abstract

Proc. SPIE Vol. 4004, p. 311-319, Telescope Structures, Enclosures, Controls, Assembly/Integration/Validation, and Commissioning

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The next generation large telescope is expected to be on the order of a 20 to 50 meter diameter aperture. The facilities required for these large telescopes must be structurally efficient in design to be cost effective. A geodesic type, rotating aluminum dome is one possibility. A geodesic structure has the advantages of high specific strength and stiffness, easy of deployment to the site, rapid on-site assembly and installation in parallel with other telescope assembly tasks, and long life. This paper presents a feasibility study, cost estimates, and concept design for a 91 meters (300 feet) diameter geodesic aluminum dome suitable for the next generation large telescopes.

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