An Optical Design for an Antarctic 2 M Telescope with a near Ir Imager
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A study has been made of the optical performance to be expected from an Antarctic Ritchey Chrétien telescope with a 2 m diameter primary mirror imaging directly onto a detector array in the K and L infrared windows. Near diffraction limited performance is provided across a flat 30 arcmin diameter field by compensating the astigmatism and field curvature with a meniscus lens which also serves as the Dewar window. With baffling inside and Narcissus mirrors outside the Dewar, extraneous radiation can be kept to a low level.
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