Manufacture, testing, alignment, modern techniques

1. Manufacture and test procedures.- 2. Sensitivities, alignment of telescopes and test procedures in function.- 3. Modern telescope developments: pupil segmentation and techniques to reduce mass.- 4. Image quality specification and optical efficiency criteria.- 5. Atmospheric optics, adaptive optics, telescope quality for interferometry.- 6. Mirror Reflecting Coats: Production and Cleaning.- 7. Adapters and beam combination aspects, baffles.- 8. Maintenance and operation of telescope optics.- Appendix: Mathematical symbols.- References.- List of figures.- List of tables.- Name index.