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Design and development of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
Author(s) -
Keil S.,
Rimmele T.,
Keller C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.200310103
Subject(s) - solar telescope , telescope , observatory , angular resolution (graph drawing) , solar observatory , physics , instrumentation (computer programming) , remote sensing , optical telescope , adaptive optics , aerospace engineering , focus (optics) , astronomy , optics , systems engineering , computer science , engineering , geology , mathematics , combinatorics , quantum mechanics , magnetic field , operating system
Led by the National Solar Observatory, plans have been made to design and to develop the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST). The ATST will be a 4‐m general‐purpose solar telescope equipped with adaptive optics and versatile post‐focus instrumentation. Its main aim will be to achieve an angular resolution of 0.03 arcsec (20 km on the solar surface). The project and the telescope design are briefly described.