Preliminary optical design for a 4.0-m f/2.19 prime focus field corrector with a 2.0-degree field of view

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4842, Issue , 2002, Pages 355-365

  Epps, Harland W ^a   DiVittorio, Michael ^b  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b FLAGSTAFF STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Direct imaging; Field corrector; Survey; Telescope; Wide field

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LENSES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FILTERS;

TELESCOPE DESIGN;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038754779     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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