Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège -  Volume 74 - Année 2005  Numéro 5 - 6 

Technical feasibility of the reconfiguration of 8-m class telescopes
Proceedings of the European Interferometry Initiative Workshop organized in the context of the 20005 Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting "Distant Worlds"?

M. Kraus, 
European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

Abstract

Transportation of large telescopes is required for array reconfiguration of next generation optical interferometers. Loads of 1000 tons or more can be reliably handled with available industrial transport technologies. The design of current large telescopes needs to be modified only in some less critical areas to be adopted for relocation. A strawman design on the basis of the VLT telescopes shows a possible architecture of movable large telescopes.

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M. Kraus, «Technical feasibility of the reconfiguration of 8-m class telescopes», Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [En ligne], Numéro 5 - 6, Volume 74 - Année 2005, 411-419 URL : http://popups.ulg.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=190.