Nick Kaiser (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii), William Burgett (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii), Jeffrey S. Morgan (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii)
Keywords: Astronomy
Abstract:
Pan-STARRS is a distributed aperture system with unprecedented light collecting power, resolution and field of view. One telescope now operational and another is shortly to join it on Haleakala. We describe the design philosophy and some of the challenges that have been faced and overcome in development of this system.
Date of Conference: September 11-14, 2012
Track: Astronomy