Field correction of a Ritchey-Chretien telescope at several focal ratios

Details Field correction of a Ritchey-Chretien telescope at several focal ratios Field correction of a Ritchey-Chretien telescope at several focal ratios

Oct 1980

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 193, Oct. 1980, p. 7-13.

Physics

Optics

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Design Analysis, Mirrors, Optical Correction Procedure, Reflecting Telescopes, Aberration, Cassegrain Optics, Focusing, Lens Design

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The two mirrors of a Ritchey-Chretien telescope have shapes chosen to give aplanatic imagery, generally at a focal ratio around f/8. If the secondary is replaced by one giving a materially different focal ratio, the spherical aberration of the combined system can be corrected by an appropriate mirror form, but the coma cannot also be corrected, and it may be large. It is shown that both coma and astigmatism can be corrected by the addition of an afocal thin doublet lens between the secondary mirror and the focus, together with a modification to the secondary. The analysis leads to a discriminant that determines the range of two-mirror systems for which such correction is possible. Two numerical examples are given for conversion of the 2.5-m du Pont f/7.5 telescope to work at f/15 and f/30.

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