Nasmyth Telescope
Abstract
An altazimuth reflecting telescope with relatively stable platforms for mounting heavy, large, delicate or developmental equipment which cannot be, or has not been, engineered to cope with attitude changes during the tracking of a star. The optical configuration is the Cassegrain type, with a primary and secondary mirror, and an additional third flat mirror mounted at the intersection of the alti...
- Publication:
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Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- November 2000
- DOI:
- 10.1888/0333750888/5402
- Bibcode:
- 2000eaa..bookE5402.
- Keywords:
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- Instrumentation and Observational Techniques;
- Astronomical Instrumentation