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APPENDIX 1 2 3 4: Telescope eyepiece specifications

                 D=diameter   f=f.l./D   K=conic   R=surface radius   S=separation   M=medium   A=air   RI=best image curvature   A4/A6=aspheric coefficients  T=tilt (deg.)

Human Eye: Optical model

Dmm

f/

R1

S1

M1

R2

S2

M2

R3

S3

M3

R4

S4

M4

R5

S5

M5

R6

S6

M6

RI

  

1-7

20-3

7.3

0.45

Silica

5.6

2.8

Water

0* 

0  

Water

500**

0.6

Pyrex

2.6

4

Silica

-6.3

~20

Water

-12.5

*aperture stop    **cylinder

Eye model from Raytracing eye model

Eyepieces from FIG.216

Since there are some new prescriptions, and some changed, these are prescriptions for the first two groups of "individual eyepieces".

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