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Design Examples of Tilted-Component Telescopes (TCT's) (A Class of Unobscured Reflectors)

QC 351 A7 no. 68 / A tilted component telescope (TCT) is one that features no obstructions in the light path yet is appreciably simpler to build than conventional off -axis instruments. The principles of TCT design are applicable to scanning and image-stabilized optics and should allow improvements in that field. The author has collected and computer-evaluated designs representative of existing art: Schiefspiegler, Yolo, catadioptric Herschelian, and Schupmann. It is expected that these evaluations will enable optical scientists to appraise the merits of the TCT approach and will stimulate the development of second -generation designs.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/621672
Date05 1900
CreatorsBuchroeder, Richard A.
PublisherOptical Sciences Center, University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeTechnical Report
RightsCopyright © Arizona Board of Regents
RelationOptical Sciences Technical Report 68

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