TY - CHAP
T1 - WHAT? A large reflective schmidt telescope for the Antarctic plateau
AU - Saunders, W.
AU - McGrath, A. J.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We present a design concept for WHAT - the Wide-field Antarctic Horizontal Telescope - to take advantage of the unique possibilities of Antarctica for both optical and near infrared astronomy. The design is an 8 metre, wide-field, fixed-axis, all-reflective, f/4 Schmidt telescope. Prime and Cassegrain (or Gregorian) foci are provided, giving plate scales 150-1500 μm/", over fields of view 3′ -3°. Diffraction limited, NGSAO-corrected K dark images are possible over arc-minute sized fields, over most of the sky. The sensitivity, resolution, field of view and cost all compare favourably with current or proposed space or ground-based telescopes.
AB - We present a design concept for WHAT - the Wide-field Antarctic Horizontal Telescope - to take advantage of the unique possibilities of Antarctica for both optical and near infrared astronomy. The design is an 8 metre, wide-field, fixed-axis, all-reflective, f/4 Schmidt telescope. Prime and Cassegrain (or Gregorian) foci are provided, giving plate scales 150-1500 μm/", over fields of view 3′ -3°. Diffraction limited, NGSAO-corrected K dark images are possible over arc-minute sized fields, over most of the sky. The sensitivity, resolution, field of view and cost all compare favourably with current or proposed space or ground-based telescopes.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34547210779&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1051/eas:2007105
DO - 10.1051/eas:2007105
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:34547210779
SN - 2759800172
SN - 9782759800179
T3 - EAS Publications Series
SP - 261
EP - 264
BT - Ist ARENA Conference on "Large Astronomical Infrastructures at CONCORDIA, prospects and constraints for Antarctic Optical/IR Astronomy"
A2 - Candili, M.
CY - France
ER -