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[ATM] Gregorian Secondary Size
- Subject: [ATM] Gregorian Secondary Size
- From: saundby at foothill.net (Mark Graybill)
- Date: Wed Feb 11 11:11:20 2004
I'm designing a Gregorian, and I'd like a check--or correction--on the method
I'm using to get secondary size. Initially I came up with this estimation
method on my own:
d=(a/F)*(D+i)
where:
d is the diameter of the secondary,
a is the first focus of the ellipsoid,
F is the focal length of the primary,
D is the diameter of the primary, and
i is the fully illuminated diameter at the image plane.
Then, looking at Gerald North's book, I found his equation for sizing a
secondary for a Cassegrain (classical type), and I modified it for the
Gregorian by changing the term (f-a) to an (f+a) to get:
d=a((D/F)+i(f+a)/bf)
where b is the second focus of the ellipsoid. Since I'm getting numbers pretty
close to what I got with the first equation it leads me to think that I've
modified it properly to account for the geometry changes in a Greg vs. a
Cass.
Is this an appropriate equation to use for sizing Gregorian secondaries, or is
there a different equation I should be using?
Thanks,
Mark G.