Optical train

An optical train, also called an optical assembly, is an arrangement of optical components (e.g. lenses, mirrors, prisms) to guide a line of sight and/or a laser beam.

[1] For example, the position and angle of lenses may be adjusted to guide a laser through the path required.

Optical instruments like microscopes, telescopes, and DSLRs all have optical trains that guide the incoming light towards a detector or the eye of an observer.

The optical train of a telescope is commonly called an optical tube assembly (OTA) or simply an optical tube.

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