Abstract
A telescope to follow the HST does not necessarily have to be a lot bigger to make a dramatic advance in observing capability. Provided it is cooled to allow exploration the 2 -4 m window of very dark sky background, and has several times the 0.85 m aperture of SIRTF, it would have already unique capability to resolve and study the crowded fields of the most strongly redshifted, distant galaxies. Such a telescope could test many of the advanced technologies needed for the mirror elements in future deployed telescopes or interferometers of very large size.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 185-186 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 3356 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1998 |
| Event | Space Telescopes and Instruments V - Kona, HI, United States Duration: Mar 20 1998 → Mar 20 1998 |
Keywords
- Infrared
- Optical perfonnance
- Space telescope
- Ultra-lightweight
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering