A METHOD OF DESIGN FOR A PRISM-ERECTING TELESCOPIC SYSTEM

Abstract

A method of covering the design of an optical system for a prism-erecting telescopic system of 7X, having a field of view of 8 degrees and an exist pupil diameter of 5mm, is presented. Throughout the design, utilization is made of a Royal McBee, LGP-30 computer suitably programmed for computation of the third order aberrations and the tracing of selected trigonometric rays. The design approach starts with an initial set of data, based on past experience, bends the twoAIR SPACES OF THE Erfle eyepiece to effect a desired correction for astigmatism and, finally, bends and corrects the objective lens in order to compensate for thespherical, and coma aberrations of the prism eyepiece combination. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0256937

Entities

People

  • W.j. Growney
  • Wright H. Scidmore

Organizations

  • Frankford Arsenal

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Astigmatism
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Coverings
  • Diameters
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Eye Diseases
  • Geometry
  • Mathematics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space