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nobody

05 Oct 2015 02:19



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Apropo de acromatele Petzval:

Petzval-type achromat is a design that uses two groups of lenses, with the rear group at 1/3 to 2/3 of the focal length of the front group behind (approximately; in the original Petzval configuration rear doublet is at half the focal length of the front doublet apart, its focal length half that of the front doublet, and the combined f.l. also half that of the front doublet). If using common crown and flint glasses, such arrangement can reduce secondary spectrum by approximately 15%; apparently, generally not considered worth the extra expense. With the second lens group closer to the focus of the front group, which is not Petzval configuration, rather one with sub-aperture corrector, secondary spectrum can be reduced somewhat more, up to about 30%. 
http://www.telescope-optics.net/achromats.htm