{"title":"Chabot Observatory's Leah and Rachel: the results of modern testing on 8-inch (1883) and 20-inch (1914) refracting telescopes","authors":"R. Schalck","doi":"10.1117/12.868498","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A unique opportunity to test two antique refracting telescopes using interferometers and the surprising results that they meet modern standards, in terms of optical performance.","PeriodicalId":386109,"journal":{"name":"International Optical Design Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Optical Design Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.868498","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A unique opportunity to test two antique refracting telescopes using interferometers and the surprising results that they meet modern standards, in terms of optical performance.