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Optical design issues for giant telescopes

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Abstract

A new generation of ground based optical telescopes is now being proposed with diameters up to 100 meters. It is not practical to simply scale up the current successful designs, as this would result in unwieldy structures, extremely high manufacturing costs, and poor performance. This paper summarizes the design for these giant telescopes.

© 2002 Optical Society of America

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