A massive disk galaxy at z>3 along the sightline of QSO 1508+5714

We have obtained deep images in the BVRIJHKs bands of the field centered on QSO 1508+5714 (z_{em} =4.28) with the Suprime camera, FOCAS and MOIRCS cameras on Subaru telescope. We report here the detection of a B-dropout galaxy, which is 3\secpoint 5 north-west of the QSO sightline. A photometric redshift analysis is presented to complement the color selection. Given the photometric properties of this object ($M = -22.2$, making $L\approx 3 L^{\ast}$, if placed at its photometric redshift $z\sim 3.5$), as well as the S$\acute{e}$rsic index ($n \sim 1$) derived from a 2-D imaging decomposition of the HST WFPC2 image taken in the $I_{F814}$ filter, the identified system is consistent with a massive disk galaxy at z>3. If confirmed, it would be one of the most distant massive disk galaxies known so far.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, accepted by PASJ, Vol.61/No.5, 200

Three-Mirror Anastigmat Telescope with an Unvignetted Flat Focal Plane

A new optical design concept of telescopes to provide an aberration-free, wide field, unvignetted flat focal plane is described. The system employs three aspheric mirrors to remove aberrations, and provides a semi-circular field of view with minimum vignetting. The third mirror reimages the intermediate image made by the first two-mirror system with a magnification factor on the order of unity. The present system contrasts with the Korsch system where the magnification factor of the third mirror is usually much larger than unity. Two separate optical trains can be deployed to cover the entire circular field, if necessary.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures, 2 table