Overview of the HST optical systems performance

H. John Wood; Sanford W. Hinkal

doi:10.1117/12.160407

15 October 1993 Overview of the HST optical systems performance

H. John Wood, Sanford W. Hinkal

Proceedings Volume 1996, Optical Alignment; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.160407
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Soon after first light, it was discovered that the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) could not be brought to its optimum design focus. In a brief historical review, this paper tells how the spherical aberration was uncovered and quantified by independent review teams throughout the first year of observatory operation.

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H. John Wood and Sanford W. Hinkal "Overview of the HST optical systems performance", Proc. SPIE 1996, Optical Alignment, (15 October 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.160407

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