The MMT and the Future of Ground-based Astronomy: Proceedings of a Symposium Held to Mark the Dedication of the Multiple Mirror Telescope at the Mount Hopkins Observatory, Arizona, on May 9, 1979Trevor C. Weekes |
Contents
Multiple Mirror Telescopes of the Future | 9 |
The MMT Program | 23 |
The MMT Building | 37 |
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active optics alignment angle angular resolution aperture Aperture Synthesis approximately arc seconds arcsec array aspheric Astrophysical Observatory atmospheric axis beam combiner building camera collecting area collimator configuration construction corrector cost cross dispersed detector diameter dust edge efficiency field focal length focal plane focal ratio fused silica galactic galaxies grating high resolution image tube in-line mode infrared astronomy instrument interstellar Kitt Peak large telescopes laser lens light Meinel meters microns mount Mount Hopkins Multiple Mirror Telescope novae objects observing obtained off-axis operation optical elements optical support structure optical telescope optimization performance phasing photons pixels plate polishing position primary mirror prism problems Reticon rotation secondary mirror segments shown in figure six telescopes slit Smithsonian space speckle interferometry spectral spectrograph spectrum spherical stellar Steward Observatory surface techniques tilt tion Tucson University of Arizona vignetting wavelengths