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Some New Folded Long-Focus Chiefs with Melles-Griot Lenses   Message List  
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Re: [spiderless] Some New Folded Long-Focus Chiefs with Melles-Griot Lenses

Roger Ceragioli wrote:
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> The first design gives 40" between the mirrors, which is a convenient length.
The primary mirror does not HAVE to be aspherized, but doing so will sharpen the
image. The design assumes a paraboloidal primary. The f/ratio is 11.4.
By not specifying the focal surface tilt of 1.2 degrees,
are you attempting to optimize it in a particular way?




Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:23 pm

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Hi, All. I've taken down my old files and put up one new one, containing two complete designs for "refractor-like," long f/ratio folded Chiefs. They both...
Roger Ceragioli
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Jun 28, 2009
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... By not specifying the focal surface tilt of 1.2 degrees, are you attempting to optimize it in a particular way?...
Richard F.L.R. Snashall
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Jun 28, 2009
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Richard, I simply wanted to show what kind of spot sizes one could expect without tilting the eyepiece. So, yes, I let the optimization algorithm proceed...
roger ceragioli
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Jun 29, 2009
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... That's what I thought, but, yes, I wanted to confirm it....
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