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Mirrors: Fabrication, Processing, Testing and Tolerances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A.B. Meinel ,
M.P. Meinel ,
R.R. Shannon  and
R.E. Parks
A.B. Meinel
Affiliation:
Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
M.P. Meinel
Affiliation:
Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
R.R. Shannon
Affiliation:
Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
R.E. Parks
Affiliation:
Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

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The construction of very large telescopes is impeded by very large costs. Much effort is going into finding ways to get below the traditional cost-scaling trend line. We will address several factors that lead to reduction in cost without reduction in performance. Clearly, a very fast primary f-ratio is necessary. The practical lower limit is set by three factors:

1) width of the Nasmyth platform

2) new optical processing techniques

and 3) maintenance of collimation.

Type
II. Mirrors and Domes
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 79: Very Large Telescopes, their Instrumentation and Programs , 1984 , pp. 109 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © ESO 1984

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