Telescope Optical Design - inaoe
Telescope Optical Design - inaoe
Telescope Optical Design - inaoe
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Cost [FY2008 $Million]<br />
Telescopios Modernos Cost-Aperture Relation<br />
100.0<br />
DCT<br />
SOAR<br />
TNG<br />
AEOS<br />
NTT MMTo<br />
ARC<br />
WIYN<br />
UKIRT<br />
10.0<br />
1.0<br />
MROI-UT<br />
IRSF<br />
Nickel<br />
VATT<br />
SK-23<br />
VLT-AT<br />
Faulkes-N Faulkes-S<br />
LT<br />
AJT<br />
SPM<br />
MOA<br />
USNO1.3<br />
MtLemon<br />
TCS<br />
KAIT<br />
NOT<br />
Aristarcos<br />
WIRO<br />
APF SDSS-T<br />
Gonzalez 08<br />
After-construction project cost. <strong>Telescope</strong> & Building only.<br />
(GDP-deflator & exchange rates at completion date)<br />
Homogenized sample from very many kinds of sources:<br />
obs. historic archives, Press, obs. & gov. web pages,<br />
Abt 80, Meinel & Meinel 80, Schmidt-Kaler & Rucks 1998,<br />
Melsheiner 01, vanBelle et.al 03, etc.<br />
0.1<br />
0.1 1.0 10.0<br />
Main-optics Aperture [m]