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explain catadioptric telescope in 300 words​

Answer 1

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A telescope is essentially a device for extending the sense of sight. More generally, the word has come to include just about any device for collecting electromagnetic or other radiation from distant sources for analysis. The first and most familiar type, however, is the optical telescope, which provides a detailed, magnified image using light in the visible part of the spectrum. Telescopes, sometimes used in pairs called binoculars, are commonly used to observe birds, ships, or other objects here on Earth. Their use for viewing celestial objects is crucial to modern astronomy and has dramatically expanded knowledge of the universe.

The word telescope is derived from the Greek words tele, meaning “far off,” and skopos, “viewer.” Even a simple homemade telescope can clearly show Saturn’s rings, Jupiter’s bands and red spot, stars, nebulae, and nearby galaxies not visible to the unaided eye. The ability to study the distant planets and other structures in the universe with these powerful yet simple instruments has revolutionized humankind’s understanding of the natural world.

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Answer 2

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➡ catadioptric optical system is one where refraction and reflection are combined in an optical system, usually via lenses (dioptrics) and curved mirrors (catoptrics). Catadioptric combinations are used in focusing systems such as searchlights, headlamps, early lighthouse focusing systems, optical telescopes, microscopes, and telephoto lenses. Other optical systems that use lenses and mirrors are also referred to as "catadioptric" such as surveillance catadioptric sensors.

Early catadioptric systems,

Catadioptric combinations have been used for many early optical systems. In the 1820s, Augustin-Jean Fresnel developed several catadioptric lighthouse reflectors. Léon Foucault developed a catadioptric microscope in 1859 to counteract aberrations of using a lens to image objects at high power. In 1876 a French engineer, A. Mangin, invented what has come to be called the Mangin mirror, a concave glass reflector with the silver surface on the rear side of the glass. The two surfaces of the reflector have different radii to correct the aberration of the spherical mirror. Light passes through the glass twice, making the overall system act like a triplet lens. Mangin mirrors were used in searchlights, where they produced a nearly true parallel beam. Many Catadioptric telescopes use negative lenses with a reflective coating on the backside that are referred to as “Mangin mirrors”, although they are not single-element objectives like the original Mangin, and some even predate the Mangin's invention.

Catadioptric telescopes;

Catadioptric telescopes are optical telescopes that combine specifically shaped mirrors and lenses to form an image. This is usually done so that the telescope can have an overall greater degree of error correction than their all-lens or all-mirror counterparts, with a consequently wider aberration-free field of view. Their designs can have simple all-spherical surfaces and can take advantage of a folded optical path that reduces the mass of the telescope, making them easier to manufacture. Many types employ “correctors”, a lens or curved mirror in a combined image-forming optical system so that the reflective or refractive element can correct the aberrations produced by its counterpart.

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