corrector plate
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corrector plate — Optics. See correcting plate … Useful english dictionary
Schmidt corrector plate — A Schmidt corrector plate, invented by Bernhard Schmidt in 1930 [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/history/schmidt] , is a lens used to correct spherical aberration in a reflecting telescope that uses a spherical primary mirror. The corrector is placed in … Wikipedia
Meniscus corrector — Albert Bouwers 1941 catadioptric telescope with a concentric meniscus corrector A meniscus corrector is a negative meniscus lens that is used to correct spherical aberration in image forming optical systems such as catadioptric telescopes. They… … Wikipedia
correcting plate — Optics. a thin lens used to correct incoming light rays in special forms of reflecting telescopes. Also, corrector plate. * * * … Universalium
correcting plate — Optics. a thin lens used to correct incoming light rays in special forms of reflecting telescopes. Also, corrector plate … Useful english dictionary
Offset plate corrector — Устройство для корректуры на офсетной форме … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Catadioptric system — A 150 mm aperture catadioptric telescope (Maksutov) A catadioptric optical system is one where refraction and reflection are combined in an optical system, usually via lenses (dioptrics) and curved mirrors (catoptrics). Catadioptric… … Wikipedia
Maksutov telescope — A 150mm aperture Maksutov Cassegrain telescope. The Maksutov is a catadioptric telescope design that combines a spherical mirror with a weakly negative meniscus lens in a design that takes advantage of all the surfaces being nearly spherically… … Wikipedia
Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope — The Schmidt Cassegrain is a catadioptric telescope. It combines a folded optical path with a corrector plate to make a compact astronomical instrument. Invention and DesignThe Schmidt Cassegrain is a design based on Bernhard Schmidt s Schmidt… … Wikipedia
Schmidt camera — A Schmidt camera, also referred to as the Schmidt telescope, is an astronomical camera designed to provide wide fields of view with limited aberrations. Other similar designs are the Wright Camera and Lurie Houghton telescope.Invention and… … Wikipedia