Re: Re: ATM Dall Kirkham and FOV

["Bob May" <bobmay@nethere.com>]

Formulas are readily available for determining the mirror sizes and basic
ROCs but the SC is a bit more complex and "Telescope Optics" book doesn't
give that formula out.
I'd recommend strongly that you get that book and the software that goes
with it for doing telescope designs beyond the simple Newtonian telescope.
There are also freeware/shareware ray tracing programs that can do the ray
tracing and even some optimization like Modas and so forth.
Unlike the simple Newt., more complex designs need to have some work done to
figure out what you want for curves on each surface.
Bob May
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