Optical limits of conventional telescopes.
Abstract
The paper discusses the relation between current optical telescope performance specifications and the limits of performance of optical telescopes. A problem is the limits to the provability of the normal angular performance specification.
- Publication:
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Optical Telescopes of the Future
- Pub Date:
- 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978otf..conf...99W
- Keywords:
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- Angular Resolution;
- Equipment Specifications;
- Performance Prediction;
- Telescopes;
- Astronomical Photography;
- Feedback Control;
- Instrument Errors;
- Modulation Transfer Function;
- Optical Correction Procedure;
- Polynomials;
- Astronomy;
- Telescopes:Image Quality