The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope.
Abstract
This paper presents a short account of the main features of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, a sub-millimetre wave telescope under construction on the island of Hawaii. The technical requirements and design concepts of this instrument are discussed and a summary is given of its present status.
- Publication:
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Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
- Pub Date:
- May 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986JBIS...39..211N
- Keywords:
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- Infrared Telescopes;
- Submillimeter Waves;
- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Hawaii;
- Mirrors;
- Receivers;
- Temperature Control;
- Water Vapor;
- Astronomy;
- Radio Telescopes:Sub-MM Astronomy;
- Sub-MM Astronomy:Radio Telescopes