학술논문
A 10-m class national large optical-IR telescope.
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Article
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ANUPAMA, G. C.; MAHESWAR, G.; SRIRAM, S.; SIVARANI, T.; PARIHAR, P. S.; NAGABHUSHAN, S.; ANGCHUK, DORJE; BARWAY, S.; BHATT, B. C.; BANYAL, R.; BASHEER, ALIKHAN; DESHMUKH, PRASANNA; DIVAKAR, DEVIKA; DORJAI, TSEWANG; GOSWAMI, ARUNA; GOVINDA, K. V.; JORPHAIL, SONAM; KAMATH, U. S.; KEMKAR, MADAN MOHAN; MAHAY, TASHI TSERING
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0250-6335
Abstract
An observatory class national large optical-IR telescope (NLOT), is proposed to be built and located in the country. The telescope consists of a 10–12 m segmented primary. In order to cater to a diversity of observational programs, the telescope is designed with high throughput in both the optical and IR regions (0.3–5 μ m). It should perform reasonably well up to 30 μ m. The telescope and instruments should have remote operations capability, allowing for the queue as well as classical scheduling and high reliability and robustness. This article provides a brief description of the science cases that drive the telescope requirements, activities related to optics design and some thoughts on the instruments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]