Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Jul 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010spie.7733e..30a&link_type=abstract
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III. Edited by Stepp, Larry M.; Gilmozzi, Roberto; Hall, Helen J. Proceedings of the SPIE,
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
We describe a 1p8m f/6 Cassegrain optical system that creates a 1.42° FOV with near diffraction limited images from 400nm to 1100nm with full-field distortion less than 0.01%. The astronomical application for this optical system is the CCD/Transit Instrument with Innovative Instrumentation (CTI-II), designed to produce a highly precise photometric and astrometric survey of a complete strip of sky in the northern hemisphere. We describe the scientific observation program and supporting optical design for the telescope. The all-spherical, five lens field corrector represents a very capable optical system that works well with many other astronomical telescopes such as SDSS, Pan-STARRS, SkyMapper, ESO's VST, the WIYN ODI, and the MMT WFC. In many cases, using a five lens corrector exceeded the optical performance of the original published system designs. Conversely, these and other optical concepts compromised the performance of the CTI-II design. The CTI-II design is similar to many other wide-field telescope and imaging camera designs, thus the design is of potential general use in astronomy.
Ackermann Mark R.
Gerstle Walter
Macfarlane Malcolm J.
McGraw John T.
Roybal Francisco
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