The Design of the Central-Axis Reflector (ZAS)
Abstract
The central-axis reflector (ZAS), the design principle which is presented in the paper is a segmented-mirror telescope. The inventions relate mainly to the optical system and to the tracking apparatus. A large number of small individual mirror bodies, ground off-axis (hexagonal/polygonal) produce one primary mirror with closed circular aperture when joined together.
- Publication:
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Very Large Telescopes and their Instrumentation, Vol. 2
- Pub Date:
- October 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988ESOC...30..269H