Pilot - the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope
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PILOT is proposed as a partnership between Australia and Europe to develop a 2.4 metre optical/infrared telescope for Dome C, Antarctica. Funding for a detailed designed study is being sought from Australian sources, with a view to commencing construction in early 2008. The current “strawman” design is for an f/10 dual Nasmyth configuration with provision for both a silicon carbide fast tip-tilt secondary mirror for the thermal infrared, and an adaptive secondary mirror to achieve diffraction-limited imaging at wavelengths as short as V-band.
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Design and Capabilities of PILOT
Figure 1. PILOT telescope, enclosure and tower INTRODUCTION PILOT (The Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a 2.4m optical/infrared telescope, proposed for Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau, with target first light at the end of 2012.
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