Limits To Size For Terrestrial Telescopes: Two-Stage Optics

Marjorie P. Meinel; Aden B. Meinel

doi:10.1117/12.963567

20 August 1986 Limits To Size For Terrestrial Telescopes: Two-Stage Optics

Marjorie P. Meinel, Aden B. Meinel

Proceedings Volume 0628, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes III; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963567
Event: 1986 Astronomy Conferences, 1986, Tucson, United States

Abstract

A wave front corrector inserted at the image of a surface producing an error can remove the wave front error over a reasonable field of view. The relationship of magnitude of error, constants of a given configuration, and the residual wave front error is explored. We present the results of the production of a sample wave front error surface by diamond turning with the Large Optical Diamond Turning Machine (LODTM). The cost consequences of this new ability to upgrade a submillimeter-quality telescope to a high-acuity optical telescope are shown.

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Marjorie P. Meinel and Aden B. Meinel "Limits To Size For Terrestrial Telescopes: Two-Stage Optics", Proc. SPIE 0628, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes III, (20 August 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963567

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