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1.1 Preliminary Definitions |
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1.1.1 Types of telescopes |
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2 | (2) |
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4 | (1) |
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1.1.3 Efficiency of a survey |
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4 | (2) |
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1.1.4 Limiting stellar magnitude and survey speed |
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6 | (1) |
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1.2 Cursory Review of Modern Wide-Field Telescopes |
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7 | (5) |
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1.2.1 Large wide-field telescopes |
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1.2.2 Survey telescopes of moderate size |
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11 | (1) |
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1.3 Some Attendant Issues of Optics |
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12 | (8) |
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1.3.1 Aperture stop and pupils |
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12 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Curvature of the focal surface |
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13 | (1) |
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1.3.3 `Ideal' wide-field telescope and Schmidt camera |
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14 | (2) |
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1.3.4 Remarks on color correction in catadioptric systems |
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16 | (2) |
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1.3.5 Basic types of optical surfaces |
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18 | (2) |
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1.4 Matching of Optics and Detector with Atmospheric Image Quality |
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20 | (5) |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (22) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (14) |
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28 | (3) |
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2.2.2 Classical telescopes: Mersenne, Gregorian, and Cassegrain |
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31 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Approximate aplanatic telescopes: Schwarzschild, Ritchey--Chretien, and Gregory--Maksutov; Hubble Space Telescope |
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32 | (5) |
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2.2.4 General Schwarzschild aplanats |
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37 | (3) |
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2.2.5 Mirror Schmidt; LAMOST system |
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40 | (1) |
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2.3 Selected Three-Mirror Telescopes |
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41 | (6) |
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41 | (3) |
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2.3.2 Korsch anastigmats; the SNAP design |
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44 | (3) |
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3 Catadioptric Systems with a Lens Corrector in Converging Beam |
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3.1 Lens Corrector at a Prime Telescope Focus |
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48 | (10) |
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3.1.1 Wynne designs for Ritchey--Chretien and classical primaries |
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49 | (2) |
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3.1.2 All-spherical three-degree corrector of single glass |
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51 | (3) |
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3.1.3 Dark Energy Camera; the DESI project |
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54 | (3) |
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3.1.4 Subaru Hyper Suprime Camera |
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57 | (1) |
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3.2 Lens Corrector in a Secondary Telescope Focus |
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58 | (12) |
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3.2.1 Quasi-Ritchey--Chretien system; VST telescope |
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59 | (2) |
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3.2.2 Corrected Cassegrain system; Pan-STARRS telescope |
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61 | (2) |
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3.2.3 Corrected Cassegrain design with a 2.5-m aperture and 3° field |
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63 | (2) |
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3.2.4 Corrected Gregorian telescope |
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65 | (2) |
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3.2.5 Folded Gregory--Maksutov telescope with a lens corrector |
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67 | (3) |
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3.3 Three-Mirror Paul Telescope with a Lens Corrector |
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70 | (5) |
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70 | (5) |
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4 Catadioptric Systems with a Full-Aperture Lens Corrector |
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4.1 Singlet Full-Aperture Corrector |
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75 | (16) |
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4.1.1 Classical Schmidt camera |
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4.1.2 Modifications of Schmidt camera |
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83 | (5) |
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88 | (3) |
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4.2 Doublet Full-Aperture Corrector |
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91 | (7) |
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4.2.1 Richter--Slevogt system |
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91 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Symmetrical corrector |
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93 | (2) |
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4.2.3 Hamiltonian telescopes |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (2) |
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4.3 Triplet Full-Aperture Corrector |
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98 | (9) |
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4.3.1 Schmidt--Houghton systems |
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98 | (3) |
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4.3.2 Baker--Nunn and Super-Schmidt cameras |
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101 | (2) |
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4.3.3 Meniscus Schmidt design of Hawkins and Linfoot; VAU telescope |
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4.3.4 Family of Sonnefeld cameras; the Ω3 system |
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104 | (3) |
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4.4 All-Spherical System with an Extremely Large Field |
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107 | (4) |
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4.4.1 Statement of the problem |
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107 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Examples of designs with an ultra-wide field of view |
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107 | (4) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (20) |
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A Limiting Stellar Magnitude and Sky Survey Rate |
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115 | (2) |
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117 | (4) |
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C The Complexity of Optical Surfaces |
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121 | (4) |
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D Base Prime-Focus Lens Corrector with a 2.5° Field |
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125 | (2) |
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E List of Referenced VT Designs |
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127 | (2) |
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F New Algorithm for Calculating Anastigmatic Three-Mirror Telescopes |
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129 | (4) |
| Bibliography |
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133 | (12) |
| Index |
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