Special configuration of a very large Schmidt telescope for extensive astronomical spectroscopic observation

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 1996, Pages 5155-5161

  Wang, Shou Guan ^a   Su, Ding Qiang ^b   Chu, Yao Quan ^c   Cui, Xiangqun ^b   Wang, Ya Nan ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Active optics; Astronomical optics; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CALCULATIONS; IMAGE QUALITY; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMICAL OPTICS; CELESTIAL OBJECTS; FIELD OF VIEW; RAY TRACING; SCHMIDT TELESCOPE;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0030242309     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005155     Document Type: Article

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