Ebook: Reflecting Telescope Optics I: Basic Design Theory and its Historical Delvelopment
Author: Raymond N. Wilson (auth.)
- Genre: Physics // Astronomy
- Tags: Astronomy, Measurement Science Instrumentation, Astrophysics, Applied Optics Optoelectronics Optical Devices
- Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 2
- Language: English
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R.N. Wilson's two-volume treatise on reflecting telescope optics has become a classic in its own right. It is intended to give a complete treatment of the subject, addressing professionals in research and industry as well as students of astronomy and amateur astronomers. This first volume, Basic Design Theory and its Historical Development, is devoted to the theory of reflecting telescope optics and systematically recounts the historical progress. The author's approach is morphological, with strong emphasis on the historical development. The book is richly illustrated including spot-diagrams analysing special systems in modern form. In this second edition, the historical section has been revised. Also, various improvements to the text have been made, and new systems such as the 4-lens corrector of Delabre and the LADS corrector are now covered. The concluding Part II treats manufacture, testing, alignment, and modern techniques.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Historical introduction....Pages 1-20
Basic (Gaussian) optical theory of telescopes....Pages 21-55
Aberration theory of telescopes....Pages 57-324
Field correctors and focal reducers or extenders....Pages 325-417
Major telescopes from Lord Rosse to about 1980....Pages 419-463
Back Matter....Pages 465-569