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10" f4.5 spherical mirror Catadidioptric telescope.The correcting lens corrects for spherical aberration, coma, its own color, and has a power of neg. 2 so the focal length is 90" in a 48 " tube. This telescope was featured in the October, 1962 issue of Sky and Telescope.
Below is a layout of the optical system |
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| Diagonal and lens support. Elipses eliminate diffraction spikes by spreading diffracted light evenly over the entire field. Reflection of correcting lens can be seen in the mirror. | |||||||||||||
| Detail of the Mount | |||||||||||||
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