{"title":"Two-mirror aplanatic telescopes with a flat field","authors":"V. Yu. Terebizh","doi":"10.1007/s10686-022-09833-0","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A complete description is given of two-mirror telescopes with a flat medial focal surface, on which the images of stars are <i>circles of least confusion</i>. Particular attention is paid to aplanats, since their field of view is noticeably larger than that of classical systems. Two sets of appropriate solutions correspond to Schwarzschild and Gregorian telescopes. As a result, it becomes possible to use flat light detectors with wide-field two-mirror telescopes. New designs are of particular interest when as few reflective surfaces as possible are required, which is typical for space exploration and non-optical observations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":551,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Astronomy","volume":"53 3","pages":"1075 - 1083"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Experimental Astronomy","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10686-022-09833-0","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A complete description is given of two-mirror telescopes with a flat medial focal surface, on which the images of stars are circles of least confusion. Particular attention is paid to aplanats, since their field of view is noticeably larger than that of classical systems. Two sets of appropriate solutions correspond to Schwarzschild and Gregorian telescopes. As a result, it becomes possible to use flat light detectors with wide-field two-mirror telescopes. New designs are of particular interest when as few reflective surfaces as possible are required, which is typical for space exploration and non-optical observations.
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Many new instruments for observing astronomical objects at a variety of wavelengths have been and are continually being developed. Furthermore, a vast amount of effort is being put into the development of new techniques for data analysis in order to cope with great streams of data collected by these instruments.
Experimental Astronomy acts as a medium for the publication of papers of contemporary scientific interest on astrophysical instrumentation and methods necessary for the conduct of astronomy at all wavelength fields.
Experimental Astronomy publishes full-length articles, research letters and reviews on developments in detection techniques, instruments, and data analysis and image processing techniques. Occasional special issues are published, giving an in-depth presentation of the instrumentation and/or analysis connected with specific projects, such as satellite experiments or ground-based telescopes, or of specialized techniques.