Do It Dry... INT Primary Vapour Cleaning

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Dec 2003

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The Newsletter of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING Newsl.), issue no. 7, p. 27-28.

Physics

Mirror Cleaning, Int

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In June 2003 'vapour cleaning', a concept invented by ING staff, was used to clean the Isaac Newton Telescope's primary mirror (2.5m) for the very first time. The primary mirrors of the telescopes at the Isaac Newton Group are regularly cleaned to decrease the frequency of aluminising. Over the last few years ING has moved from annual aluminising to condition based aluminising, only doing it when the reflectivity and scatter measurements indicate it is needed. The advantage is that an extra three nights are available to observers every year that aluminising is not carried out, not to mention the real risk of damage to the primary mirrors every time they are removed from the telescope for aluminising.

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