Palomar Observatory Optical Designs

Prime Focus

Cass Focus (based on H. Petrie information, c. 1994)

Cass Focus specifications (measured by J. Zolkower, 2016)

  • Minimum 16 inch dia. field at f/15.78;
  • Plate scale: 2.56 arcsec/mm;
  • 17.3 arcmin field;
  • Radius of curvature: R132.5”; The sag would be ~ 0.24” at the edge of field.

Cass Focus (created by Leon Harding, 2012, using original drawings from paper 'vault' with help from P. Gardner)

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