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optical matching comparison table

Subject has wavefront modification has definition is a kind of

wavefront modifier shape, polarization or wavelength A device which modifies the wavefront shape, polarization or wavelength optical device

optical matching shape The use of lenses or other optical devices to match the size of the image of the seeing disk, as it appears in the focal plane of the telescope, to the physical size of the CCD pixels. If the telescope yields 10 arcseconds per millimeter and the seeing is 1 arcsecond then the image is 0.1 mm in size. But a typical CCD pixel is 0.022 mm, five times smaller. wavefront modifier

Subject	has wavefront modification	has definition	is a kind of
wavefront modifier	shape, polarization or wavelength	A device which modifies the wavefront shape, polarization or wavelength	optical device
optical matching	shape	The use of lenses or other optical devices to match the size of the image of the seeing disk, as it appears in the focal plane of the telescope, to the physical size of the CCD pixels. If the telescope yields 10 arcseconds per millimeter and the seeing is 1 arcsecond then the image is 0.1 mm in size. But a typical CCD pixel is 0.022 mm, five times smaller.	wavefront modifier

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