Fabrication of the 6.5-m primary mirror for the Multiple Mirror Telescope Conversion

Details Fabrication of the 6.5-m primary mirror for the Multiple Mirror Telescope Conversion Fabrication of the 6.5-m primary mirror for the Multiple Mirror Telescope Conversion

Mar 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997spie.2871..399m&link_type=abstract

Proc. SPIE Vol. 2871, p. 399-404, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, Arne L. Ardeberg; Ed.

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The Steward Observatory Mirror Lab is in the process of fabricating the 6.5 m mirror for the conversion of the multiple mirror telescope (MMT) to a single primary mirror. For this purpose the lab has developed a versatile polishing system built around the stressed lap polishing tool. The system must produce an f/1.25 parabolic surface with an accuracy corresponding to 0.09 arcsecond FWHM seeing and 1.5% scattering loss at 500 nm wavelength.

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