PILOT: the pathfinder for an international large optical telescope

J. W V Storey; M. C B Ashley; M. G. Burton; J. S. Lawrence

doi:10.1051/eas:2007104

PILOT

the pathfinder for an international large optical telescope

J. W V Storey^*, M. C B Ashley, M. G. Burton, J. S. Lawrence

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

PILOT is proposed as a partnership between Australia and Europe to develop a 2.4 m optical/infrared telescope for Dome C, Antarctica. Funding for a detailed designed study is being sought from Australian sources, with a view to commencing construction in early 2008. The current "strawman" design is for an f/10 dual Nasmyth configuration with provision for both a silicon carbide fast tip-tilt secondary mirror for the thermal infrared, and an adaptive secondary mirror to achieve diffraction-limited imaging at wavelengths as short as V-band.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ist ARENA conference on "Large Astronomical Infrastructures at CONCORDIA, prospects and constraints for Antarctic Optical/IR Astronomy"
Editors	N. Epchtein, M Candidi
Place of Publication	Paris
Publisher	EDP Sciences
Pages	255-259
Number of pages	5
Volume	25
ISBN (Print)	2759800172, 9782759800179
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2007104
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	EAS Publications Series
Volume	25
ISSN (Print)	16334760
ISSN (Electronic)	16381963

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Storey, J. W. V., Ashley, M. C. B., Burton, M. G., & Lawrence, J. S. (2007). PILOT: the pathfinder for an international large optical telescope. In N. Epchtein, & M. Candidi (Eds.), Ist ARENA conference on "Large Astronomical Infrastructures at CONCORDIA, prospects and constraints for Antarctic Optical/IR Astronomy" (Vol. 25, pp. 255-259). (EAS Publications Series; Vol. 25). Paris: EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2007104

Storey, J. W V ; Ashley, M. C B ; Burton, M. G. ; Lawrence, J. S. / PILOT : the pathfinder for an international large optical telescope. Ist ARENA conference on "Large Astronomical Infrastructures at CONCORDIA, prospects and constraints for Antarctic Optical/IR Astronomy". editor / N. Epchtein ; M Candidi. Vol. 25 Paris : EDP Sciences, 2007. pp. 255-259 (EAS Publications Series).

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Ist ARENA conference on "Large Astronomical Infrastructures at CONCORDIA, prospects and constraints for Antarctic Optical/IR Astronomy". ed. / N. Epchtein; M Candidi. Vol. 25 Paris : EDP Sciences, 2007. p. 255-259 (EAS Publications Series; Vol. 25).

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Storey JWV, Ashley MCB, Burton MG, Lawrence JS. PILOT: the pathfinder for an international large optical telescope. In Epchtein N, Candidi M, editors, Ist ARENA conference on "Large Astronomical Infrastructures at CONCORDIA, prospects and constraints for Antarctic Optical/IR Astronomy". Vol. 25. Paris: EDP Sciences. 2007. p. 255-259. (EAS Publications Series). https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2007104