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A Systematic Review of Aperture Shapes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. B. Schultz  and
T. V. Frazier
A. B. Schultz
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, 89557
T. V. Frazier
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, 89557

Abstract

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This paper discusses the application of apodization to reflecting telescopes. The diffraction pattern of a telescope, which is the image of a star, can be changed considerably by using different aperture shapes in combination with appropriately shaped occulting masks on the optical axis. Aperture shapes studied were the circular, square, and hexagonal. Polaris (α-UMin) was used as the test system.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 62: Current Techniques in Double and Multiple Star Research , May 1983 , pp. 36 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © Lowell Observatory 1983

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