Design and analysis of optical systems for the Stanford/MSFC Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array

Details Design and analysis of optical systems for the Stanford/MSFC Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array Design and analysis of optical systems for the Stanford/MSFC Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array

Jul 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989spie.1160..195h&link_type=abstract

IN: X-ray/EUV optics for astronomy and microscopy; Proceedings of the Meeting, San Diego, CA, Aug. 7-11, 1989 (A90-46006 21-74).

Physics

Optics

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Space Missions, Systems Engineering, X Ray Imagery, X Ray Telescopes, Cassegrain Optics, Mirrors, Multispectral Tracking Telescopes, X Ray Astronomy

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This paper reports on the design and the theoretical ray trace analysis of the optical systems which will comprise the primary imaging components for the Stanford/MSFC Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array (MSSTA). This instrument is being developed for ultra-high resolution investigations of the sun from a sounding rocket. Doubly reflecting systems of sphere-sphere, ellipsoid-sphere (Dall-Kirkham), paraboloid-hyperboloid (Cassegrain), and hyperboloid-hyperboloid (Ritchey-Chretien) configurations were analyzed. For these mirror systems, ray trace analysis was performed and through-focus spot diagrams, point spread function plots, and geometrical and diffraction MTFs were generated. The results of these studies are presented along with the parameters of the Ritchey-Chretien optical system selected for the MSSTA flight. The payload, which incorporates seven of these Ritchey-Chretien systems, is now being prepared for launch in late September 1989.

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