Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1980 · 139 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsOptical AstronomyOpticsAstigmatism CorrectionChromatic AberrationLens SystemsOptical AberrationsSpherical AberrationTelescope OpticsAberration CompensationAstigmatismMirror AlignmentOptical AlignmentOptical Axis AlignmentSpherical Aberration In TelescopesTelescope AberrationsTelescope Calibration
It is shown that, for each field-dependent aberration type, the effect of tilts and decentrations is to produce a more complicated field dependence and local orientation of the aberration without otherwise changing its character. Particular attention is given to astigmatism.