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A coronagraph with a band-limited mask for finding terrestrial planets

Kuchner et al., 2002

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4256248894683530360
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Kuchner M
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The Astrophysical Journal

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Several recent designs for planet-finding telescopes use coronagraphs operating at visible wavelengths to suppress starlight along the telescope's optical axis while transmitting any off- axis light from circumstellar material. We describe a class of graded coronagraphic image …
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