The Astronomical Telescope of New York: a new 12-meter astronomical telescope

T. Sebring; R. Junquist; C. Stutzki; P. Sebring; S. Baum

doi:10.1117/12.926998

17 September 2012 The Astronomical Telescope of New York: a new 12-meter astronomical telescope

T. Sebring, R. Junquist, C. Stutzki, P. Sebring, S. Baum

Proceedings Volume 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV; 84440X (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926998
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The Astronomical Corporation of New York has commissioned a study of a 12-meter class telescope to be developed by a group of NY universities. The telescope concept builds on the basic principles established by the Keck telescopes; segmented primary mirror, Ritchey Chretien Nasmyth instrument layout, and light weight structures. New, lightweight, and low cost approaches are proposed for the primary mirror architecture, dome structure and mechanisms, telescope mount approach, and adaptive optics. Work on the design is supported by several NY based corporations and universities. The design offers a substantially larger aperture than any existing Visible/IR wavelength telescope at historically low cost. The concept employs an adaptive secondary mirror and laser guide star adaptive optics. Two First Light instruments are proposed; A High resolution near infrared spectrograph and a near infrared Integral field spectrograph/imager.

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T. Sebring, R. Junquist, C. Stutzki, P. Sebring, and S. Baum "The Astronomical Telescope of New York: a new 12-meter astronomical telescope", Proc. SPIE 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, 84440X (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926998

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