Telescope Design
No single telescope design is ideal for all user scenarios. When it comes to making telescopes myself, I thought it also wise to develop a progression of telescope design projects through which I can refine my craft rather than shoot for a home-run on my first telescope construction project since highschool.
U15527 First Round of Telescope Designs on Paper, J.A. Crawford (4.9 MB)
Designs considered thus far include:
- Paul Baker variants
- Aplanatic Gregorian
- Ritchey-Chretien
- Flat-Field Schmidt Cassegrain
- Houghton Cassegrain
- Lurie-Houghton
U15526 Cassegrain Paraxial Design Parameters, J.A. Crawford
U15228 Paul Baker Telescope Focal Length Relationships, J.A. Crawford