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A New Infrared Camera Optical Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Y-S. Sun ,
M.C.B. Ashley  and
J.W.V. Storey
Y-S. Sun
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Kensington NSW 2033
M.C.B. Ashley
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Kensington NSW 2033
J.W.V. Storey
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Kensington NSW 2033
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Abstract

We have designed a novel all-reflective optical system for an infrared camera. The camera gives a flat 5 arcminute field with a final focal ratio of f/2.5 when used at the f/15 focus of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). A 70mm diameter Fabry-Perot filter can be accommodated in a collimated beam, thereby giving narrow-band imaging capability. The design could readily be adapted to other telescopes and focal ratios. Its advantages are no chromatic aberration, no vignetting, no ghost images, low light-loss and excellent image quality.

Type
Instruments and Basic Astronomy
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , 1992 , pp. 137 - 139
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1992

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