The liquid-mirror telescope as a viable astronomical tool

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Aug 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982jrasc..76..245b&link_type=abstract

Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, vol. 76, Aug. 1982, p. 245-256. Research supported by the Natural Sciences

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Mercury (Metal), Paraboloid Mirrors, Rotating Liquids, Telescopes, Cost Reduction, Parameter Identification, Performance Prediction, Reflecting Telescopes, Spectral Resolution, Transits

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The surface of a rotating liquid takes the shape of a paraboloid. This fact can be used to build very large transit telescopes having as primary mirror a reflecting film of mercury. The practical aspects of this type of telescope are discussed. It is shown that a great deal of research can be done with the instrument, notwithstanding the fact that it is strictly a transit telescope and can only observe the zenith.

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