A 'PILOT-Like Telescope' is likely to have differences in science goals to the original PILOT. Furthermore, our understanding of the environmental conditions at Dome C has changed significantly since the start of the PILOT design study in June 2007. Therefore, it is timely to re-examine some of the basic design decisions. We present here one alternative concept: a silicon-carbide, GLAO-assisted, three-mirror anastigmat, and possibly equatorial, PILOT-Like-Telescope.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1008.1239,
title = {A SiC TMA GLAO design for PLT?},
author = {Will Saunders and Jon S. Lawrence and John W. V. Storey and Roger Haynes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.1239},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
4 pages. NOT published in "3rd ARENA Conference: An Astronomical Observatory at CONCORDIA (Dome C, Antarctica) L. Spinoglio and N. Epchtein (eds)", due to an error in compilation of the proceedings