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Classical Cassegrain reflector

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A classical Cassegrain reflector uses a concave parabolic primary and a convex hyperbolic secondary before the prime focus. The secondary returns the converging beam through a hole in the primary. It corrects on-axis spherical aberration but retains off-axis coma.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2018 / iii / Paper 338 / 1 / b / iii / Solution
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