This webpage contains information on the foci characteristics of the INT.

Foci at the INT


There are two types of foci at the INT telescope, the Prime and the Cassegrain foci.

 

Optical characteristics of INT foci

Focal Station

Prime

(without corrector)

Prime

(with corrector)

Cassegrain

TV finder

 

Focal length (mm)

7475

8357

38130

2104

Focal ratio

F/2.94

F/3.29

F/15

F/16

Field diameter (arcmin)

(no vignetting)

(50%vignetting)

   

40

52

 

20

22

 

15

 

Scale (arcsec/mm)

27.6

24.7

5.41

98
Scale (micron/arcsec) 36.2 40.5 184.8 10.2

Diameter of central obstruction (1) (mm)

914

914

914

139

Focus/mirror shift (2)

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