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The Inverted Alt-Alt Configuration for Optical Telescopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

E. W. Simmonds
E. W. Simmonds*
Affiliation:
Australian National University
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Introduction

My interest in the construction and costs of telescopes began with the design and construction of the building for the 48 inch Schmidt Telescope (on behalf of the Science Research Council of the United Kingdom) and was stimulated by a visit to Mt Palomar and Kitt Peak Observatories. With regard to costs I would like to quote Meinel (1969).

Type
Invited Papers
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 5 , September 1974 , pp. 244 - 247
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1974

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