Optical Testing


TEXEREAU MIRROR TEST SHEET

Comments: hal's 12 inch telescope   Optical diameter: 12
Readings per zone: 2
Radius of curvature: 140.75
                f/D:  5.86
   Diffraction disc: 0.000154544


 1 ZONE                1          2          3          4          5          6      
 2 h(x)              2.7386     3.6332     4.3474     4.9598     5.5045     6.0000
 3 h(m)              2.0401     3.1859     3.9903     4.6536     5.2322     5.7523
 4 hm**2/R           0.0296     0.0721     0.1131     0.1539     0.1945     0.2351
 5 hm/4f             0.0072     0.0113     0.0142     0.0165     0.0186     0.0204
 6 D1                0.0040     0.0545     0.0925     0.1305     0.1725     0.2110
 7 D2                0.0040     0.0545     0.0925     0.1305     0.1725     0.2110
 8 D12               0.0040     0.0545     0.0925     0.1305     0.1725     0.2110
 9 D12 +  0.0218     0.0258     0.0763     0.1143     0.1523     0.1943     0.2328
10 Lamda c          -0.0038     0.0042     0.0012    -0.0016    -0.0002    -0.0023
11 Lamda f * 1e5      -2.75       4.72       1.64      -2.62      -0.41      -4.72
12 Lamda f / rho     -0.178      0.305      0.106     -0.169     -0.026     -0.305
13 u * 1E6             0.39      -0.67      -0.23       0.37       0.06       0.67
14 Wavefront           0.00      -0.56      -0.70      -0.43      -0.37       0.00

	Reference parabola: y = -0.0061055 * x**2 + 0.59112
	passing through (  2.74,  0.00) and (  6.00,  0.00)

Maximum wavefront error = 1 / 31.0 wave at zone 3

Results for individual sets of readings:
	Reading set 1: 1 / 20.7 lamda, Max Trans Abberation=0.36
	Reading set 2: 1 / 12.2 lamda, Max Trans Abberation=0.80
Optical Testing

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