ATM Re: F@ prolate mirror - why

[Bill Marriott <btk@pacbell.net>]

Hi folks...

Boy, blew that one.

I should of said 12" F2 OBLATE mirror in the subject, at least I got it
right in the text....

> Over at the Chabot telescope workshop Friday nite, there was a gentleman > who had a 12" mirror someone had given him. F2, large center> perforation, and with a definite oblate spheroid figure. None of us> could come up with an explanation, other than "it must be some > military thing...

Thanks for the comments, it seems like most people figured out what I
was talking about

Bill