Reflecting Telescope Optics I
Basic Design Theory and its Historical Development
Authors: Wilson, Raymond N.
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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.
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Historical introduction
Pages 1-20
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Basic (Gaussian) optical theory of telescopes
Pages 21-55
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Aberration theory of telescopes
Pages 57-324
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Field correctors and focal reducers or extenders
Pages 325-417
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Major telescopes from Lord Rosse to about 1980
Pages 419-463
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- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Reflecting Telescope Optics I
- Book Subtitle
- Basic Design Theory and its Historical Development
- Authors
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- Raymond N. Wilson
- Series Title
- Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
- Copyright
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-540-76581-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-540-76581-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-540-40106-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-662-30863-9
- Series ISSN
- 0941-7834
- Edition Number
- 2
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 570
- Additional Information
- 2nd ed. 2004, corr. reprint 2007
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