Influence of Three-Point-Mount-Induced Deformation for a Three-Mirror-Anastigmatic Telescope on Its Astigmatic Field

Zou Gangyi; Fan Xuewu; Pang Zhihai; Wang Chenchen; Li Ruichang

doi:10.3788/aos201636.0622002

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