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A progress report on the design of the 8 m aperture Optical/Infrared Telescope

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Progress of the design study carried out y the Instituto de Astrophysica de Canarias and Royal Greenwich Observatory joint project office for an 8 m aperture Optical/Infrared Telescope. This includes the development of an active pneumatic support system for both the radial and axial supports of an 8 m diameter thin meniscus mirror and the investigations of new technology encoding systems.

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    B. Mack, D. Harman, S. Atkinson & C. Garcia

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Mack, B., Harman, D., Atkinson, S. et al. A progress report on the design of the 8 m aperture Optical/Infrared Telescope. Astrophys Space Sci 160, 111–118 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642760

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