RE: [ATM] Banishing the diagonal

["lou krajci" <loukrajci@comcast.net>]

>From: artbianconi@blast.net

>...I completely forgot the heat factor and,
>that consideration is not likely to go away unless there's a
>major breakthrough in technology.

See: http://www.astroworks.com/
Note that this is a CCD-only design (you could use 35mm film...but I bet few
use that option), with the CCD mounted at prime focus, in place of the
diagonal mirror.

Check out the sample images and tell me about how badly degraded they are
due to CCD heat and CCD cooling.... ;-)

Tom Krajci
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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