Telescope Optical Design - inaoe

Conclusions
‣ A 6.5m high-image quality wide-field NIR imaging telescope is quite
feasible under a range of design configurations
‣ A WF-corrected classical system looks particularly attractive, given
its fewer uncertainties and its natural compatibility with the
telescope structure and with 2 nd phase operations (integral field
spectroscopy, general purpose telescope, etc.)
‣ The main challenge is to be able to accommodate up to four focal
planes under reasonable design, physical and performance
constrains
‣ Proposal Phase funding seek this year: will finance the conceptual
design, we must then continue working hard to summarize the main
science requirements while gauging realistic technical constrains