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A Photometrical Investigation on the RC System of the 2m Ritchey-Chretien Coude Telescope of the Rozhen Observatory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2016

R.G. Getov
R.G. Getov*
Affiliation:
Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory, P.O. Box 136, BG-4700 Smolyan, Bulgaria

Abstract

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Surface photometry techniques of data processing are applied for the qualitative analysis on the reflectivity of the two mirror system in the prime focus of the 2m Ritchey-Chrétien Coudé telescope of the Rozhen Observatory. There are considerable variations in the reflectivity, up to ±30%. An estimation on the upper limit of the average reflectivity, about 68% ±1%, of the two-mirror RC system is made. A loss of about 0.5 magnitudes in the limiting magnitude due to the low reflectivity and to the decrease in the reflecting surface is found.

Type
Part Six: Calibration: Astrometric and Photometric
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 161: Astronomy from Wide-Field Imaging , 1994 , pp. 312 - 313
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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