Optical design of telescope having a spherical main mirror
Abstract
A three-mirror design is presented which makes it possible to assemble the main mirror of a large telescope from smaller-sized spherical mirrors. An objective with three relative-aperture values is calculated which is similar to the objective of the 3.8-m diameter telescope of the Kitt Peak Observatory in the USA.
- Publication:
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Optiko Mekhanicheskaia Promyshlennost
- Pub Date:
- July 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980OpMeP..47Q..11P
- Keywords:
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- Aberration;
- Design Analysis;
- Mirrors;
- Optical Correction Procedure;
- Reflecting Telescopes;
- Apertures;
- Astronomical Observatories;
- Spheres;
- Surface Geometry;
- Astronomy