USUALLY WITH AN ACHROMATIC OBJECTIVE LENS AND A RACK-AND-PINION FOCUSING MECHANISM.
• ANGULAR SCALE (MAIN SCALE): A GRADUATED SCALE, TYPICALLY (150 175MM DIAMETER,GRADUATED IN 0.5O INCREAMENT
• VERNIER SCALE(PRECISION): PROVIDES HIGH RESOLUTION
ANGULAR READINGS, WITH STANDARD ACCURACY OF 1 ARC
MINUTE
•ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS: PRECISION SLOW MOTION CONTROLS FOR BOTH THE TELESCOPE AND THE PRISM TABLE TO ALLOW FOR FINE ADJUSTMENTS
• COLLIMATOR SLIT: ADJUSTABLE SLIT WIDTH,0-2MM OR HIGHER WITH HIGH PRECISION JAWS
• OBJECTIVE LENS: ACHROMATIC LENSES WITH FOCAL LENGTHS 150-200MM
• EYEPIECE: RAMSDEN OR HUYGENS TYPE, 10X MAGNIFICATION,WITH A CROSSHAIR FOR PRECISE
ALIGNMENT.
• DISPERSION ELEMENT: INTERCHANGEABLE MOUNT FOR PRISMS OR DIFFRACTION GRATINGS
• BASE: HEAVY, CAST-IRON BASE FOR STABILITY, OFTEN WITH
LEVELING FEET.
• WAVELENGTH RANGE: VISIBLE SPECTRUM 380NM-800NM
• ANGULAR ACCURACY: ±1 MINUTE OR ±30 SECONDS
• SLIT WIDTH:0.05-2MM; AS PER ATTACHED SPECS