Table A.1: Cost breakdown of a 4-m telescope and observatory (costs are in units of 1000.0 US$).
Item Cost Based on1
Building: 75 Design and quotes
Mirror: 110 U. Laval 3.7-m
Upper end: 110 CFHT upper end
Corrector: 100 Design and quote
Frame: 10 guesstimate
Miscellanea: 50 guesstimate
Grand Total: 555  

1Appendix A discusses how these estimates were obtained. The detector and the data acquisition system are not included.

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