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astro-ph.IM2021★ 100 cited

The Scaling Relationship Between Telescope Cost and Aperture Size for Very Large Telescopes

Gerard T. van Belle, Aden Baker Meinel, Marjorie Pettit Meinel

Cost data for ground-based telescopes of the last century are analyzed for trends in the relationship between aperture size and cost. We find that for apertures built prior to 1980…