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Telescopes - Coggle Diagram
Telescopes
Index
Plate scale P_s=1/F
Limiting magnitude
F_{lim}~1/(D^2*t)
eye on the telescope
S=F*theta
image brightness per unit area: ~D^2*S^-2
f ratio=F/D
FAST lower f ratio
Small
PSF Point Spread Function
Basic
Optics
RC Cassegrain
Schmidt- catadioptric
mounts
Equatorial/Polar
Alt-Az
Abberations
Chromatic
on-axis
Spherical
off-axis
Coma
Astigmatism
Distortion
Field curvature
Vignetting
SNR signal to noise ratio
background
X-ray /optical
noise~sqrt(t)
signal
signal~t
exposure time