Table of contents, Number of pages 20
(1) Focal Length of a Thick Lens,
(2) Telescope definition,
(3) Types of Telescopes,
(4) Astronomical
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(5) Difference between astronomical telescope and telescope,
(6) Terrestrial Telescope,
(7) Newtonian Reflecting Telescope,
(8) Limitations of Newtonian reflecting telescopes,
(9) The Cassegrain reflector telescope,
(10)Users the Cassegrain reflecting telescope,
(11)Advantages of Reflecting Type Telescope over Refracting Type Telescope,
(12)Sign convention for lens,
(13)Sign convention in the case of concave mirror,
(14)Sign convention in the case of a convex mirror,
(15)Coaxial Optical System,
(16)Cardinal Points of an Optical System,
(17)Focal Points & Focal Planes,
(18)Principal Points & Principal Planes,
(19)Nodal Points & Nodal Planes,
(20)Nodal Points & Nodal Planes,
(21)Huygen’s & Ramsden Eye-Pieces,
(22)Huygen’s eye-piece,
(23)Ramsden’s eye-piece,
(24)Rules for Image Formation by Spherical Mirrors,
(25)Concave Mirror definition,
(26)Characteristics of Concave Mirrors,
(27)Convex Mirror definition,
(28)Characteristics of Convex Mirrors,
(29)Image Formation by Spherical Mirrors,
(30)Image Formation by Concave Mirror,
(31)Image Formation by Convex Mirror,
(32)Object is positioned at infinity diagrammatic representation,
(33)Object is positioned between infinity and center of curvature diagrammatic representation,
(34)Object is positioned at Center of Curvature diagrammatic representation,
(35)Object is positioned between the center of curvature (c) and principal focus (f) diagrammatic representation,
(36)Object is positioned between principal focus (f) and pole (p) diagrammatic representation,
(37)Magnification of a lens system,
(38)Magnification of a two lens system,
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