Telescope analysis software that allows the user to design their telescope. This would mean that the inside convex radius could be tested against the concave radius in the rear flint element. The enhanced telescope design holds the potential to obtain extremely highresolution. Two mirrors all cassegrain types,all gregoryan types,couderschwarzschield.
State of the art ion assisted deposition iad enhances the quality of the deposited material in the ways listed in the below link. The goal of the design is to make an affordable astrographic telescope with a large enough imaging plane to take advantage of the large format ccd cameras of today. Researchers have designed a new camera that could allow hypertelescopes to image multiple stars at once. Prototype telescope demonstrates viability of novel. A mirror of this size has never been launched into space. Here is a 10 inch 25cm f5 scope with homeground primary mirror that i built. Another reason for this is because even with the movingframe cell design, it is difficult to take the mirror out of the cell and put it back in and get the sling back to exactly the right spot. No ccd algorithm can fully compensate for a defective image. The stellafane links page is edited by jay drew of the springfield telescope makers. Software is key for deep space exploration industry. Now an employeeowned company, we pride ourselves on an unswerving commitment to best quality products, value and unmatched customer care. Our telescope mirror coating process utilizes the latest methods in optical coating technology, perfectly suited for the often harsh environment of the telescope mirror industry. Modas stands for modern optical design and analysis software it is a telescope design software of the most popular telescope systems used by the amateur astronomers and telescope makers, including spot diagrams, ray fans, wave aberrations, diffraction analysis, optical layout, optimization, tolerancing, mirror testing and many other atm tools.
Telescope optics is a compendium of optical information, geared to the intermediate to advanced amateur. Approach to mirror cell design to design a mirror cell that will make your mirror perform at its very best, follow this procedure. Member of the springfield telescope makers page last revised on tuesday october 01, 2019 with 62 new links added and 173 dead ones purged. Plop can optimize a cell design with the addition of a few simple lines in the mirror description file. Atmos now is a very powerful program with a userfriendly interface that allows the user to analyze, design and optimize centereduncentered optical systems. Freeware version will support up to three mirror surfaces a newtonian is. Atmos is a powerful program for telescope analysis and design. A range of software tools were used to create the james webb space telescope.
It ray traces the telescope checking for vignetting, optimizes diagonal size, calculates baffle size and position and more. Software design for the control system for smallsize. Planewave instruments technologies optical, mechanical. Theres more to the celestron nexstar 8se goto schmidtcassegrain computerized telescope than good looks. Homemade eyepieces barlow extensions metal anodizing mirror cells mirror cells for amateur telescope makers johan vanbeselaeres mirror cell design help coulter makeover part 1 an easy to make six point. Modas stands for modern optical design and analysis software. The most popular telescope design among amateurs newtonian reflector consists from a single concave primary mirror and a reflecting flat. Is software available to analyze optical designs of telescopes. Suppose that you didnt know where the supports should be, but could take a reasonable guess, say 50mm and 110 mm for the supports. The optical diameter of the primary mirror is the glass substrate od minus 2 x the bevel width.
The system is derived from the differentiation of fermats path principle and is integrated as an ordinary differential equation problem. A reflecting telescope also called a reflector is a telescope that uses a single or a combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image. Chapters 5 through 16 apply those principles to various telescope and accessory designs. You provide the mirror and cell, spider and secondary and focuser ill build the telescope for you. F or more than twenty years, optics professionals, students and educators have used dboptic to help solve optical design problems. The companion to the hubble space telescope will be launched into space to reveal the new secrets of the universe.
Or, you may wish to use one of our basic kits and do the job yourself. Since many telescope makers want to compare two designs in order to decide on the right telescope for them, this calculator computes parameters for two telescopes at once and also calculates the differences between them. From simple lenses to the design of highly complex systems, dboptic is high performance optical design software offered at an affordable price. Leading optical product design software for engineering teams. Opticstudio used to design primary mirror and other critical systems. Opticstudio was used to design the space telescopes primary mirror. The enhanced telescope design holds the potential to obtain extremely highresolution images of objects outside our solar system, such as. The advanced vx 6 newtonian telescope is an excellent entry to midlevel setup that can grow with you. Astronomy, telescope making,mirror grinding and testing large thin. Many of the design principles used for this telescope can be found in my articles.
Among the sst projects, the smallsize telescopes with singlemirror sst1m is a 4 m daviescotton telescope, which comprises proven technology for the telescope structure, and innovative electronics and photosensors for the camera. Revolutions in telescope design are driven by dreamers. This modern classic comes with celestrons legendary optics, innovative design, and computerized control. The enhanced telescope design holds the potential to obtain extremely highresolution images of objects outside our solar system, such as planets, pulsars, globular clusters and distant galaxies.
High quality optics for professional and amateur astronomy. The software has found applications in the design of automotive illumination, commercial lighting, flat panel displays for computers, projection. So i rewrote atmos in visual basic and added much more analysis routines and useful telescope design tools. It is a telescope design software of the most popular telescope systems used by the amateur astronomers and telescope makers, including spot diagrams, ray fans, wave aberrations, diffraction analysis, optical layout, optimization, tolerancing, mirror testing and many other atm tools. It simulates the appearance of a mirror while undergoing the ronchi test. Webb engineers used our software to create the system that will align the telescopes 18 segmentsin space. A raytracing program for tilted component telescope design. Use the program plop to optimize the back support for the mirror pointing to the zenith. In the background to the left is a 12 inch and to the right is my old 24 inch, both built using the rocker design. The math for doing a newtonian is very simple and doesnt require more than a hand calculator, if that. The cdk corrected dallkirkham telescope is based on a new optical design developed by dave rowe. It allows you to easily and quickly change any of the design parameters of the telescope and to see the results. The only software design tool you will ever need to design, build and test a telescope that is truly. Getting started with building your first telescope assembling your telescope marks favorite telescope making links eyepieces astronomy boy.
Newt for the web newtweb for short is a newtonian telescope computer aided design program. Handfigured optics provide tremendous light grasp in a compact design ideal for deepspace and planetary viewing and astrophotography. The newtonian optical design is excellent for visual observing and offers you the largest aperture for the price. Practical calculations for designing a newtonian telescope. Starry night pro plus 8 is our fully featured flagship program, tailored for the astronomer who wants the very best inclass astronomy software and telescope control experience. Modas optical design program software overview my optics. With the assistance of an experienced zmax optical design software specialist our research revealed an airspaced design with almost equal internal radii. New interactive software trace pro for stray light analysis for optical systems modeling that greatly simplifies the design process and reduces the cost of developing spectrometers and telescopes. The telescope optical design is a folded ritcheychretien. Use this mirror edge support calculator to analyze the edge support for the mirror pointing to the horizon. The size of the newtonian secondary and how it affects image contrast will be the main topic discussed here. Whether on the ground, airborne or spacebased, telescope designs are calling for larger and larger light collection capabilities.
The parabolic primary mirror minimizes spherical aberration to produce a sharper image near the edge of the field of view. Accurate digitized astronomical data, planetarium software, smartphones, coma correctors, well corrected wide angle eyepieces, meniscus mirrors, 3d printing, digital cameras and image processing software represent the vanguard of the latest in telescope design. The rocker, invented by john dobson, allows the telescope tube to swing up and down in arms and rotate on a ground board. The tertiary mirror is used to fold and steer the light path so that the science beam can be delivered to any of eight instruments that will be mounted on the two main nasmyth platfoms. Lets say you want to analyze a mirror cell for a f5 317.
The enhanced telescope design holds the potential to. Gso parabolic primary mirror 6 f8 javascript seems to be disabled in your browser. The example above happens to be very close to optimal, because it is close to a design optimized by plop. Based on the dos version of the program, winspot is easier to use with more menu options, and takes advantage of standard windows printer support. New telescope design could capture distant celestial objects. The mirror box encloses the mirror cell and allows the entire telescope to rotate vertically. The better the objective, the better the telescope. If you have newtonian optics of any kind, they can be made into complete telescopes as well. However, the price of the mirror increases as the mirror gets larger. It is primarily oriented to the newtonian reflecting telescope, which is what most first time telescope makers build, although many sections of it are applicable to other types of telescopes. In this letter, we present a method to design the freeform surfaces of an offaxis unobscured twomirror telescope by integration of a system of differential equations. Compact and portable newtonian reflector optical design skyalign. Telescope making links designs and techniques star astronomy.
It is a telescope design software of the most popular telescope systems used by. Please make use of this fill out form to report any problem urls or suggest new ones amateur telescope making atm links these links were collected mainly from postings to the atm mailing list. The beginning place of a telescope is the objective. In october 2016, the astri telescope prototype, image 1 a novel, dualmirror schwarzschildcouder telescope design proposed for the cherenkov telescope array cta, passed its biggest test yet. Get the best deals on telescope mirrors when you shop the largest online selection at. It will trace schiefs as well as yolos which have toroidal surfaces. It is a single optical surface of the primary mirror that creates the image, while the flat merely directs light out to the side, to an accessible observing location. John removes the mirror from his 25 telescope when transporting it, so this is a major consideration. To design a mirror cell that will make your mirror perform at its very best, follow this procedure. It can also apply comatic deformations to mirrors, although making such surfaces may be out of. The right image is simulated from the ronchi for windows software. Both the primary and secondary mirrors are hyperboloidal, and together they form a wellcorrected focus.
Use this mirror edge support calculator to analyze the edge support for. The method is used to design the freeform surfaces of a telescope whose performance is. Differential method for freeform optics applied to twomirror. The only benefit i see with software to design newtonians would be to be able to individually click on every piece of hardware tube, end rings, primary, primary cell, diagonal, diagonal holder, spider, focuser, finder, finder rings, etc. Starry night 8 astronomy telescope control software for macpc.
It ray traces a newtonian telescope design checking for vignetting, optimizes diagonal size, calculates baffle sizes and positions, and produces performance and dimensional data for construction. Plop is controlled by an input file describing the mirror cell using a set of fairly straightforward keywords and associated values. Telescope making links designs and techniques star. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on javascript in your browser. The goal of the design is to make an affordable astrographic telescope with a large enough imaging plane to take advantage of. A 10inch telescope mirror has a 10inch or 250mm primary mirror. Spectrum coatings utilizes their technology to accommodate a wide variety of uses for the unique properties of optical coatings, specializing in front surface mirror coatings for telescopes and astronomy. Aug 28, 2019 a mirror of this size has never been launched into space. Mar 18, 2020 researchers have designed a new camera that could allow hypertelescopes to image multiple stars at once. The reflecting telescope was invented in the 17th century, by isaac newton, as an alternative to the refracting telescope which, at that time, was a design that suffered from severe chromatic aberration. It features 2 semicircular arms, and mounting points for the trusses tnuts are fine, as well as a lid to keep the mirror safe when the telescope is not in use.
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