What is a Type A Zeiss apo?

Started by pkelly, 12/13/2005 11:34PM
Posted 12/13/2005 11:34PM Opening Post
Interesting to see Markus Ludes advertize the lastest astro goodie...6" f/17 Zeiss Planetary apo Refractor...doublet Type A apo. I had read the design a long time ago but have forgotten. What is a Type A apo?

Pat Kelly in Centreville (Delmarva), Maryland. Retired but working second career.
Telescope - 8" f/12 classic achromat refractor by D&G Optical; Manheim, Pennsylvania;
Mount - 1200DA metric black classic equatorial mount circa 1992 by Astro-Physics; Machesney Park, IL;
BlueStar Observatory 13 x 13 roll off  by Backyard Observatories; Lodi, Ohio;
Previous telescopes A-Z: Astro-Physics to Zeiss...D&G Optical Aficionado; The Classic Refractor - The telescope everyone wants to have used but no one wants to own.
Posted 12/13/2005 11:57PM #1
There is some detailed discussion of it about 1/3 down
the page at
http://alice.as.arizona.edu/~rogerc/chapters/Chapter%204a.html

Seems a Fraunhofer-like design with light barium crown
and some abnormal short-flint.