Light and optics/Telescopes

Editable telescope

Editable refracting telescope Though crude looking, this can be edited to create very precise ray diagrams. The rays can be first made very thin to align everything to a fraction of a pixel.

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These ray diagrams were selected because they

  1. are editable svg files
  2. should be converted to svg because the usefully explain how to draw ray diagrams
  3. have historical interest
  4. describe refracting telescopes (do reflectors later)
  • File:Huygens Aerial telescope, 1684.jpg
    File:Huygens Aerial telescope, 1684.jpg
  • File:Sidereus, nuncius magna longeqve admirabilia spectacula... Wellcome L0072631.jpg
    File:Sidereus, nuncius magna longeqve admirabilia spectacula... Wellcome L0072631.jpg
  • File:Luneta Keplera.jpg
    File:Luneta Keplera.jpg
  • File:Exit Pupil raytrace.svg
    File:Exit Pupil raytrace.svg
  • File:TelescopideGalileu.jpg
    File:TelescopideGalileu.jpg
  • File:Fernrohr galilei.png
    File:Fernrohr galilei.png
  • File:Cannocchiale.png
    File:Cannocchiale.png
  • File:Cannocchiale keplero.png
    File:Cannocchiale keplero.png
  • File:Fernrohr galilei.svg (note the lack of precision)
    File:Fernrohr galilei.svg (note the lack of precision)
  • File:Telescope-schematic-A.svg
    File:Telescope-schematic-A.svg
  • File:Telescope-schematic.svg
    File:Telescope-schematic.svg
  • Telescopios_Reflectores.jpg
    Telescopios_Reflectores.jpg
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