Bauer is participating in a study with Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) to determine the feasibility of building an orbiting telescope capable of resolving 7 km structure on the sun at X-ray wavelengths. The baseline optical design is a 0.6 meter normal incidence telescope with an effective focal length of 240 meters. Bauer developed an off axis design for this telescope and defined a performance error budget.
