Meaning of aplanat | Babel Free

Definitions

A lens that has been corrected for spherical aberration and coma in order to produce a rectilinear image.

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“For comparison, an aplanat of a focus catalogued at 16 inches, actually found by experiment to have a focus of 16 11-16 inches, was used.”

“2009, Gérard René Lemaitre, Astronomical Optics and Elasticity Theory, Springer, Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, Corrected 3rd printing, page 11, […] which is totally false since he established the algebraic conditions for thin-lens achromatic aplanats;”

“Some infra-red detectors are sold already embedded in a plastic aplanat.”

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