Design, fabrication, and testing of a 31-in. coudé telescope for atmospheric characterization

JAMES A. DOWUNG; C. VERNE MUFFOLETTO; RICHARD F. HORTON

doi:10.1364/CLEO.1985.WM3

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1985),
paper WM3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO.1985.WM3

Design, fabrication, and testing of a 31-in. coudé telescope for atmospheric characterization

JAMES A. DOWUNG, C. VERNE MUFFOLETTO, and RICHARD F. HORTON

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1985

Baltimore, Maryland United States
21–24 May 1985
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J. A. DOWUNG, C. V. MUFFOLETTO, and R. F. HORTON, "Design, fabrication, and testing of a 31-in. coudé telescope for atmospheric characterization," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, A. Gara, C. Giuliano, D. Auston, and R. Jacobs, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1985), paper WM3.

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Abstract

To interface the telescope to a variety of sources., sensors, and instruments, a coudé mounting was selected. The coudé design allows the telescope to be pointed In any direction within a hemisphere while the telescope exit pupil remains translationally invariant.

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