Optical performance of the 6.5-m off-axis new planetary telescope

Citation
G. Moretto et Jr. Kuhn, Optical performance of the 6.5-m off-axis new planetary telescope, APPL OPTICS, 39(16), 2000, pp. 2782-2789
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
00036935 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
16
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2782 - 2789
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(20000601)39:16<2782:OPOT6O>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We describe an off-axis design for a 6.5-m astronomical telescope optimized for law scattered light and low emissivity. This is part of a new concept for an instrument that we call the New Planetary Telescope. We shaw how the geometric optical performance can equal that of an an-axis conventional te lescope while the diffractive performance fundamentally surpasses conventio nal telescopes because of the absence of pupil obstruction. The decentered concept also allows wide-field and versatile instrumentation cofigurations that are not possible with more-conventional designs. (C) 2000 Optical Soci ety of America OCIS code: 110.6770, 350.1260, 220.4830.