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Design And Analysis Of Optical Systems For The Stanford/MSFC Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array

We report on the design and the theoretical ray trace analysis of the optical systems which will comprise the primary imaging components for the Stanford/MSFC Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array (MSSTA). This instrument is being developed for ultra-high resolution investigations of the Sun from a sounding rocket. We have analyzed doubly reflecting systems of sphere-sphere, ellipsoid-sphere (Dail-Kirkham), paraboloid-hyperboloid (Cassegrain), and hyperboloid-hyperboloid (Ritchey-Chretien) configurations. For these mirror systems, we have performed ray trace analysis and generated through-focus spot diagrams, point spread function plots, and geometrical and diffraction MTFs. The results of these studies will be presented along with the parameters of the Ritchey-Chretien optical system selected for the MSSTA flight. The payload, which incorporates seven of these Ritchey-Chretien systems, is now being prepared for launch in late September 1989.

Arthur B. C. Walker | R. Barry Johnson | James B. Hadaway | Joakim F. Lindblom | Richard B. Hoover

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