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RE: Aid On Telescope Design

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Posted by Steve Fejes on July 31, 2000 22:21:11 UTC

Yes this will work. To keep the secondary small you will probably have to keep the negative achromatic lens close to the flat mirror. This means that the light will pass through the lens two times - on its way to the secondary mirror, and after it is reflected off. Keep that in your calculations.

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