Telescope having 2° field of view and optical system with 165° inside-out, quasi-stigmatic field of view, which has been axially integrated to be mutually nonobscuring and confocal, is described; navigation and guidance application requirements of space vehicles from which optical specifications have been derived are discussed; semiautomatic lens design program for IBM 7090 computer developed by Willey was used in optimization of optical design.


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    Title :

    Coaxial, dual-field optics for space sextant


    Additional title:

    Applied Optics


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Applied Optics ; 2 , n 12


    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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