Prime focus corrector for the Lowell 4-m telescope

Daniel R. Blanco; Gordon Pentland; Craig H. Smith; Ted Dunham; Robert L. Millis

doi:10.1117/12.458091

30 January 2003 Prime focus corrector for the Lowell 4-m telescope

Daniel R. Blanco, Gordon Pentland, Craig H. Smith, Ted Dunham, Robert L. Millis

Proceedings Volume 4842, Specialized Optical Developments in Astronomy; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458091
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

We describe a multi-element refractive corrector for the prime focus of the proposed Lowell four-meter telescope. The design provides sub-half arcsecond images over a two-degree field of view, with a flat image surface and images that are confocal across a broad wavelength band covering the U to I spectral range. Initial studies cover the feasibility of fabrication and explore the possibility of a simple atmospheric dispersion corrector.

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Daniel R. Blanco, Gordon Pentland, Craig H. Smith, Ted Dunham, and Robert L. Millis "Prime focus corrector for the Lowell 4-m telescope", Proc. SPIE 4842, Specialized Optical Developments in Astronomy, (30 January 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458091

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