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Re: [ATM] undercorrecting?



Yes, let's hope this myth is buried now.

Jan
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lockwood" <melockwo@uiuc.edu>
To: <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [ATM] undercorrecting?

> Hopefully this thread of messages will debunk the ideas that coatings 
> significantly affect mirror cooling and correction, and that a mirror 
> should be undercorrected if it is to be used on nights of falling 
> temperatures.  We really want fully-corrected mirrors close to ambient 
> temperature.
> 
> Mike Lockwood

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