Optical design for a new off-axis 1.7-m solar telescope (NST) at Big Bear

Leonid V. Didkovsky; Jeff R. Kuhn; Philip R. Goode

doi:10.1117/12.518671

4 February 2004 Optical design for a new off-axis 1.7-m solar telescope (NST) at Big Bear

Leonid V. Didkovsky, Jeff R. Kuhn, Philip R. Goode

Proceedings Volume 5171, Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.518671
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

An optical design for a modern off-axis 1.6 m clear aperture solar telescope - the NST (New Solar Telescope) is presented. The NST will replace the 65 cm vacuum telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO)in 2006. A high-order Adaptive optics (AO) system will deliver light to the current and planned complement of BBSO instrumentation. The NST will fully utilize the optical and dynamical range advantages of its unobstructed (off-axis) pupil.

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Leonid V. Didkovsky, Jeff R. Kuhn, and Philip R. Goode "Optical design for a new off-axis 1.7-m solar telescope (NST) at Big Bear", Proc. SPIE 5171, Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics, (4 February 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.518671

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