The MESSIER path finder: a high performance, wide field, fast and distortion free telescope using a curved detector

Eduard Muslimov (1) , Emmanuel Hugot (1) , Xin Wang (2) , David Valls Gabaud (3) , Pascal Vola (1) , Gérard R Lemaitre

1 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
2 Fudan University [Shanghai]
3 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique

We present optical design of a high-quality, 36-cm diameter, fast (F/2.5) VIS telescope with a large field of view (1.6°x2.6°) developed for space science applications. The design is based on a bi-folded all-reflective Schmidt scheme using a curved detector. We demonstrate its advantages in terms of optical quality and manufacturability.

Domaines: Instrumentation et méthodes pour l'astrophysique [astro-ph.IM]

Eduard Muslimov, Emmanuel Hugot, Xin Wang, David Valls Gabaud, Pascal Vola, et al.. The MESSIER path finder: a high performance, wide field, fast and distortion free telescope using a curved detector. European Optical Society (EOS) Conference Proc. on Optical Technologies, Jun 2017, Munich, Germany. ⟨hal-02057523⟩