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Field correctors for very large telescopes

Author(s) -

C. G. Wynne

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

monthly notices of the royal astronomical society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058

H-Index - 383

eISSN - 1365-8711

pISSN - 0035-8711

DOI - 10.1093/mnras/280.2.555

Subject(s) - physics , field (mathematics) , optics , limit (mathematics) , astronomy , telescope , optical telescope , astrophysics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pure mathematics

The aberrations of astronomical telescopes are considered in terms of Seidel aberration theory, which explains why the field aberrations that limit the performance of existing large telescopes are of quite different form from those of the very large telescopes of apertures 8 m and larger now being developed, and how and why quite different forms of field correctors will be required. An example is ...

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