The 2.5 m Telescope of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
James E. Gunn, Walter A. Siegmund, Edward J. Mannery, Russell Owen, Charles L. H. Hull, R. French Leger, Larry Carey, G. R. Knapp, Donald G. York, William N. Boroski, S. Kent, Robert H. Lupton, Constance M. Rockosi, Michael L. Evans, Patrick Waddell, John E. Anderson, J. Annis, John C. Barentine, L. Bartoszek, Steven Bastian, S. B. Bracker, H. Brewington, C. Briegel, J. Brinkmann, Yorke J. Brown, Michael A. Carr, Paul C. Czarapata, C. Drennan, T. Dombeck, Glenn R. Federwitz, Bruce Gillespie, Carlos Gomez Gonzales, Sten Hansen, Michael Harvanek, J. J. E. Hayes, Wendell P. Jordan, E. Kinney, Mark A. Klaene, S. J. Kleinman, Richard G. Kron, Jurek Kresinski, Glenn Lee, Siriluk Limmongkol, C. Lindenmeyer, Daniel C. Long, Craig L. Loomis, P. McGehee, P. Mantsch, Eric H. Neilsen, Richard Neswold, Peter R. Newman, A. Nitta, J. Peoples, Jeffrey R. Pier, P. Prieto, Angela Prosapio, Claudio Rivetta, Donald P. Schneider, Stephanie A. Snedden, Shu-i Wang
Abstract
We describe the design, construction, and performance of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Telescope located at Apache Point Observatory. The telescope is a modified two-corrector Ritchey-Chrétien design which has a 2.5-m, f/2.25 primary, a 1.08-m secondary, a Gascoigne astigmatism corrector, and one of a pair