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Re: ATM 19.5" mirror support




Mark,

  I ran your numbers in PLOP.  I got P-V 3.27e-05, RMS 7.26e-06

  I have understood that the maximum deviations allowable for a good
scope are:

P-V 1.7e-05
RMS 4.3e-06

  Based on these values a 9 point support is not good enough for a first
rate mirror.  This might be good enough for low power photography or
observing though.  I would make an 18 point support.

Steve