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Standard Features


Main Window
On-line Help
Optical Guide
Cassegrain Layout
Houghton Layout
Doublet Layout
Folded Newtonian Layout
Cassegrain Nesmith Layout
Stevick-Paul Tetra Schiefspiegler Layout
Detailed Monochromatic Spot Diagram
Detailed Polychromatic Spot Diagram
Schiefspiegler Full Field Spot Diagrams
Monochromatic Through Focus Spot Diagrams
Polychromatic Through Focus Spot Diagrams
Matrix Spot Diagrams
Monochromatic Ray Fans and Spot Diagram combination plot
Polychromatic Ray Fans and Spot Diagram combination plot
Vignetting Plot
Spot Size vs. Focus
Spot Size vs. Field
Spot Size vs. Wavelength
Surface Wavefront, Detailed
Surface Wavefront, On-Axis
Surface Wavefront, Off-Axis
Contour Wavefront - Gray Color Palette
Contour Wavefront - True Color Palette
Contour Wavefront - False Color Palette
Wavefront vs. Focus
Wavefront vs. Field
Wavefront vs. Wavelength
Strehl Ratio vs. Focus
Strehl Ratio vs. Field
Strehl Ratio vs. Wavelength
Geometrical PSF, Detailed
Geometrical PSF, monochromatic scaled
Geometrical PSF, polychromatic scaled
Geometrical Encircled Energy, On-Axis
Geometrical Encircled Energy, Off-Axis
eometrical Energy Loss, Off-Axis
Geometrical MTF, On-Axis
Geometrical MTF, Off-Axis
Geometrical TF MTF, Off-Axis
Contour FFT Point Spread Function - Inside Focus
Contour FFT Point Spread Function - On Focus
Contour FFT Point Spread Function - Outside Focus
Contour FFT Point Spread Function - Gray Color Palette
Contour FFT Point Spread Function - True Color Palette
Contour FFT Point Spread Function - False Color Palette
Spherical Aberration
Spherochromatic Aberration
Astigmatism and Field Curvature



Easy Telescope Design


Telescope Tree
Doublet Design
Triplet Design
One Mirror Telescope Design
Two Mirror Telescope Design
Stevick-Paul Tetra Schiefspiegler
Maksutov Cassegrain Design
Schmidt Cassegrain Design
Houghton Cassegrain Design
Maksutov Camera Design
Schmidt Camera Design
Houghton Camera Design



Mirror Testing


Through Focus Ronchigrams
Single Vertical Ronchigram
Single Horizontal Ronchigram
Through Focus Foucaultgrams
Single Vertical Foucaultgram
Single Horizontal Foucaultgram
Millies-Lacroix Graphical Approach I
Millies-Lacroix Graphical Approach II
Mosby Null Grating
Mirror Real Profil by Dimitri Maksutov
Mirror Real Profil by Roger Sinnott
Terebizh Null Grating
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