Palomar Observatory Optical Designs

Prime Focus

• LFC_with_Wynne_Corrector.zmx 200" Hale Telescope Prime focus w/ Wynne corrector and LFC window (per Simcoe, c. 2002)
• WaSP_meniscus_dewar_window_Offner_relay_to_guider.zmx 200" Hale Telescope Prime focus design study for an ~2 x 2 arcmin Offner relay (Dekany, 2012)
  • Note: to increase the FoV, the Offner primary can be scaled. For ~4 x 4 arcmin, split the Offner primary into 2 six-inch diameter class spheres.

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

• Hale_Cassegrain_150708.zmx 200" Hale Telescope Cassegrain focus w/o corrector (updated for 72" prime cage obscuration).

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

• f_16_to_f_9_optical_setup.ZMX
• f_16_to_f_9_optical_setup_with_both_focii.ZMX