A measuring system, for measuring performance of an imaging optical system by
use
of an interferometer, includes (i) an interferometer arranged to measure transmission
wavefronts separately or sequentially, in relation to at least one of plural measurement
points defined along a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging optical
system, wherein position coordinates of object side and image side imaging points
of the plural measurement points are measured, and (ii) a computing unit being
communicated with the interferometer. The computing unit is operable to calculate
a wavefront as measured by the interferometer and at least one of a wavefront aberration
and an imaging state of the imaging optical system, and to correct a measured value
related to at least one of a wavefront aberration and an imaging state of the imaging
optical system at another measurement point, while taking, as a reference, at least
one of a wavefront aberration and an imaging state at a standard point set along
a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.