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A Wide-Angle Photographic Camera of James G. Baker With the Paraboloidal Mirror
Rail, Zdeněk ; Melich, Zbyněk ; Šrajer, Bohdan ; Vápenka, David ; Tomka, David ; Thoř, Tomáš ; Pintr, Pavel ; Macner, David
A field of view of the paraboloidal mirror is small. Dominant aberration which limits its angular diameter is coma. Using correctors consisting lenses and aspherical plates star images of the mirror systems can be radically corrected. In this paper we present optical design of such photographic camera computed by James G. Baker. His device is composed of a paraboloidal mirror, a cemented dublet in front of focus and an aspherical plate placed in entrance parallel beam.
Residual Aberrations of the Gajdušek Objective Lens of Diameter 200 mm and Focal Length 3480 mm of the Observatory in Hradec Králové
Rail, Zdeněk ; Melich, Zbyněk ; Šrajer, Bohdan ; Vápenka, David ; Tomka, David ; Thoř, Tomáš ; Macner, David
The achromatic dublet of diameter 200 mm and focal length 3480 mm was manufactured by Professor ing. Vilém Gajdušek in Ostrava in 1954. The telescope with this objective is placed at the Observatory and planetarium in Hradec Králové. The objective was restored in the Institute of Plasma Physics, v.v.i.-Centrum Toptec in Turnov. During the process lens was measured and data were used for evaluation of its residual aberrations. We present the results of the measurement in this paper.
The Technology of Manufacture of a Positive Lens of Achromatic Dublet
Rail, Zdeněk ; Melich, Zbyněk ; Šrajer, Bohdan ; Šípová, Gabriela ; Ulrichová, Iva ; Franců, Helena ; Melich, Radek ; Vápenka, David ; Tomka, David ; Thoř, Tomáš
This paper deals with manufacturing of a positive lens of achromatic dublet. Diameter of the dublet is 158 mm and its focal length about 2500 mm. The glass material of the former lens was inhomogeneous and the dublet provided bad images. This is why we decided to manufacture new lens. The process was made by means of former machines of our workshop. The telescope with this dublet is placed at the Observatory of Turnov and serves for public astronomical observation.
Several Optical Designs of Off-Axis systems
Rail, Zdeněk ; Franců, Helena ; Ulrichová, Iva ; Šípová, Gabriela ; Vápenka, David ; Vávra, Emil
This paper introduces several types of optimized off-axis mirror systems. Systems without central shading and color defects provide high-contrast imaging. They are suitable for use as astronomical telescopes or as precision laboratory collimators of parallel light beams. Many of these devices have been designed and constructed for various purposes in the Development Optical Workshop of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
The Residual Optical Aberrations of the Merz Objective Lens 108/1620 mm
Rail, Zdeněk ; Melich, Zbyněk ; Vápenka, David ; Šrajer, Bohdan
During the cleaning and adjustment of the Merz lens with a diameter of 108 mm and a focal length of 1620 mm, we had the opportunity to measure its optical parameters. From the measured values we made a calculation of residual optical defects of this achromatic lens. The results of these mathematical simulations are presented in this paper. The lens was made around 1923.
CNT composite - polishing methods and metalic coating
Thoř, Tomáš ; Václavík, Jan ; Vápenka, David
This study summarizes R&D tasks done in order to develop technology for polishing and metallic coating of CNT composite for optical and radiofrequency applications. Development was done on two types of material samples:\n- Material for the MIRROR demonstrator\n- Material for the FEEDHORN demonstrator
A Glued Objective Lens of the Steinheil Type
Rail, Zdeněk ; Franců, Helena ; Ulrichová, Iva ; Šípová, Gabriela ; Jareš, Daniel ; Kuryshev, V. ; Vápenka, David
This paper analyses the achromatic dublets with an entrance lens of the flint glass. The objective lens of this construction were devised by German physician Carl August Steinheil in the half of the 19 th century. Several pieces of these dublets were manufactured for astronomical purposes in our workshop in the past. We discuse the mathematical evaluation and the method of manufacture of the glued Steinheil objective with plane exit surface.
The Telescopes of Dall-Kirkham
Rail, Zdeněk ; Ulrichová, Iva ; Kuryshev, V. ; Vápenka, David
The paper deals with the optical aberrations of the two-mirror telescopes composed of the ellipsoidal primary and the spherical secondary mirrors. The system was discovered by Horace Dall and Alan Kirkham at the end of the Twenties of the 20th Century. Its optical elements are easy to manufacture and measure. These telescopes can be equipped by lens correctors and turned into multipurpose devices both for planetary observation and wide field photography. Several telescopes were manufactured in workshop of the Toptec Center in Turnov.
The Maksutov´s Systems from Turnov
Rail, Zdeněk ; Melich, Zbyněk ; Jareš, Daniel ; Pintr, Pavel ; Vápenka, David
This paper deals of a design and a manufacture of optical systems with the entrance meniscus corrector of Maksutov. Many of these high performance systems have been manufactured in several workshops in Turnov since Seventies. We present our experience with the optical design, manufacture and construction of the meniscus telescopes and cameras in this article.
The Optical Parameters of Famous Refractors
Rail, Zdeněk ; Jareš, Daniel ; Pintr, Pavel ; Vápenka, David
In this paper we publish the optical parameters of several historic telescopes, which we have found in scientific literature or web pages. Data were inputed into the optical program ZEMAX, which evaluated their residual aberrations.

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