Introduction to Test Ronchi
As regards the control of the optical mirror, simplest and most widely used tests, especially at the amateur level, It is definitely the Ronchi Test. This test uses a beam of light is transmitted and then reflected from the primary mirror, which is passed through a reticle with a series of low-frequency
Ronchi pattern
One of the tools needed to run the Ronchi test is the namesake grating. This is a series of opaque parallel lines spaced equally so you have a spatial frequency that can go from 4 all 8 per millimeter. A pattern with a lower frequency can be used if it is necessary to test
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