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RC Optical Systems was a high-end American <a href="Telescope" title="Telescope">telescope</a> and optics manufacturer that specialized in <a href="Ritchey-Chr%C3%A9tien" class="mw-redirect" title="Ritchey-Chrétien">Ritchey-Chrétien</a> telescopes with hyperbolic mirrors.<a href="#cite_note-auto-1">[1]</a> RC also made related mounts and systems for the telescopes, with a focus on open and closed <a href="Carbon_fiber" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon fiber">carbon fiber</a> trusses for low expansion. The basic Ritchey-Chrétien optical system uses two mirrors and no refracting elements, which reduces light loss and its optical characteristics make it popular for <a href="Astrophotography" title="Astrophotography">astrophotography</a>. Refracting elements may be added to correct for field curvature.

RC Optical Systems was started 1998 and was located in <a href="Flagstaff%2C_Arizona" title="Flagstaff, Arizona">Flagstaff, Arizona</a>.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> Telescopes and systems were sold commercially to individuals, institutions, and governments.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> The smallest RCOS telescope, the 12.5 inch F/9 Ritchey-Chrétien had a base price of just over twenty thousand US dollars in 2009, with large and/or custom models costing considerably more.

RC Optical Systems and Star Instruments won a lawsuit in 2008 against <a href="Meade_Instruments" title="Meade Instruments">Meade Instruments</a> over Meade's description of RCX400 and <a href="Meade_LX200" title="Meade LX200">LX200R</a> telescopes and the Ritchey-Chrétien classification.<a href="#cite_note-auto-1">[1]</a>

RCOS shut down operations in late 2013 and no longer provides support for any of their telescopes or accessories.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a>

Known institutional facilities using the telescopes produced by RC Optical Systems include

<a href="Moore_Observatory" title="Moore Observatory">Moore Observatory</a> of the University of Louisville has a 0.6-meter and a 0.5-meter at its site near Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It also operates its 0.6-meter at Mt. Lemmon Observatory (MLO) on a site hosted by the University of Arizona.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a>

<a href="Lulin_Observatory" title="Lulin Observatory">Lulin Observatory</a> 0.4-meter in <a href="Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a>

<a href="PROMPT_(telescope)" class="mw-redirect" title="PROMPT (telescope)">PROMPT</a> telescope (Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and Polarimetry Telescopes), which was built by the <a href="University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a> at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (<a href="CTIO" class="mw-redirect" title="CTIO">CTIO</a>) in <a href="Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> with six 0.6-meter instruments.

<a href="Robinson_Observatory" title="Robinson Observatory">Robinson Observatory</a> of the <a href="University_of_Central_Florida" title="University of Central Florida">University of Central Florida</a>, USA, installed a 0.5-meter telescope in 2007.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> The telescope produced by RCOS has a 20inch diameter aperture.<a href="#cite_note-auto1-8">[8]</a> The telescope replaced the 26-inch Tinsley Telescope which was in the dome previously.<a href="#cite_note-auto1-8">[8]</a>

<a href="Liberty_University" title="Liberty University">Liberty University</a> installed a 0.5-meter RCOS telescope in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> The telescope is intended for high-quality research, and they intended to equip the telescope with a CCD camera for <a href="Astrophotography" title="Astrophotography">Astrophotography</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a>

<a href="TacSat-2" title="TacSat-2">TacSat-2</a> observation system, an experimental satellite launched in 2006, included a 0.5-meter telescope.

RCOS telescopes have also been known to be used by amateur astronomers.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> In one case an amateur astronomer, also a college professor, reported that he had a 10" Ritchey-Chretien telescope from RC Optical Systems among his telescopes along with two refractors.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a>

Major designs offered by 2009, over a decade after its founding included <a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a>

<dl><dt>Telescopes for astronomy</dt></dl>

<ul><li>12.5 inch F/9 Truss Ritchey-Chrétien, 12.5 inch F/9 Ritchey-Chrétien</li>

<li>14.5 inch Truss Ritchey-Chrétien</li>

<li>16 inch F/8.4 Ritchey-Chrétien, 16 inch Truss F/8.4 Ritchey-Chrétien</li>

<li>20 inch F/8.1 Ritchey-Chrétien, 20 inch Truss F/8.1 Ritchey-Chrétien</li>

<li>24 inch f/8 Truss Ritchey-Chrétien <a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></li>

<li>32 inch Truss (81 cm) f/7 Ritchey-Chrétien <a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></li></ul>

<dl><dt>Telescopes for ruggedized and military use</dt></dl>

<ul><li>12.5 inch f/9 Military Ritchey-Chrétien</li>

<li>16 inch f.8.4 Military Ritchey-Chrétien</li>

<li>20 inch f/8.1 Military Ritchey-Chrétien</li>

<li>24 inch f/8 Military Ritchey-Chrétien</li>

<li>32 inch f/7 Military Ritchey-Chrétien</li>

<li>34 inch f/8 Military Ritchey-Chrétien</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/">RC Optical Systems</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070804145655/http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/site/SDSS.progress/19980812dfm/dfm.html">Photos of DFM telescope being installed in 1998</a></li>

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