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Space telescopes

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A brief survey of normal and grazing incidence space telescope types is given. The optimization of telescope efficiency either by dedicated single, bi-layer or multilayer coatings is described. An outlook of solar and stellar coronagraphs is included.

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  1. IAS—Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France

    Philippe Lemaire

  2. MPE—Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

    Bernd Aschenbach

  3. SSD/NRL—Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA

    John F. Seely

  4. Artep Inc., Ellicott City, MD, USA

    John F. Seely

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Lemaire, P., Aschenbach, B., Seely, J.F. (2013). Space telescopes. In: Huber, M.C.E., Pauluhn, A., Culhane, J.L., Timothy, J.G., Wilhelm, K., Zehnder, A. (eds) Observing Photons in Space. ISSI Scientific Report Series, vol 9. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7804-1_9

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