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Large-aperture telescopes in the problems of near-Earth astronomy

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Telescopes with aperture higher than 3 m and with travel rate of optical axis of more than 4 angular degrees per second are examined. These telescopes are used for estimating the situation in near-Earth space. Up to now, there are three telescopes with such parameters: SOR, AMOS, SST (all in the United States). A telescope of the same class with aperture of 3.12 m (information telescope TI-3.12) is under completion at Altai Optical Laser Center. The main technical performances of the TI-3.12 telescope are described in the paper. Current problems are defined and ways for their solution are presented.

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    V. P. Aleshin, E. A. Grishin, O. A. Ivlev, D. D. Novgorodtsev & V. D. Shargorodsky

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Original Russian Text © V.P. Aleshin, E.A. Grishin, O.A. Ivlev, D.D. Novgorodtsev, V.D. Shargorodsky, 2016, published in Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel, 2016, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 68–74.

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Aleshin, V.P., Grishin, E.A., Ivlev, O.A. et al. Large-aperture telescopes in the problems of near-Earth astronomy. Kinemat. Phys. Celest. Bodies 32, 255–259 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0884591316050020

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