Optical design of the Zwicky Transient Facility: a major upgrade to the 48” Schmidt Camera at Palomar Observatory

Daniel J. Reiley; Richard G. Dekany; Roger M. Smith; Alexandre Delacroix; Michael Feeney; Shawn Callahan

doi:10.1117/12.2292085

27 November 2017 Optical design of the Zwicky Transient Facility: a major upgrade to the 48” Schmidt Camera at Palomar Observatory

Daniel J. Reiley, Richard G. Dekany, Roger M. Smith, Alexandre Delacroix, Michael Feeney, Shawn Callahan

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Proceedings Volume 10590, International Optical Design Conference 2017; 105901U (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2292085
Event: International Optical Design Conference - IODC 2017, 2017, Denver, United States

Abstract

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) will be a major upgrade to the 48” Schmidt Camera at Palomar Observatory, which was initially commissioned in 1948. Although the optical design for ZTF is a relatively small part of the project, system requirements placed special constraints on the optical design. This paper presents the optical design for ZTF as well as the system requirements that drove the optical design.

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Daniel J. Reiley, Richard G. Dekany, Roger M. Smith, Alexandre Delacroix, Michael Feeney, and Shawn Callahan "Optical design of the Zwicky Transient Facility: a major upgrade to the 48” Schmidt Camera at Palomar Observatory", Proc. SPIE 10590, International Optical Design Conference 2017, 105901U (27 November 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2292085

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