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[ATM] Schmidt Corrector Thickness

Subject: [ATM] Schmidt Corrector Thickness
From: mikell at optonline.net (Michael Lindner)
Date: Mon Feb 23 11:31:43 2004
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On Sunday 22 February 2004 11:40 am, Alfredo Rainho Neves wrote:
> ...I worried
> that such a thin corrector would be distorted by the weight of the
> diagnonal.

Since it's the thickness of the corrector that provides the correction, a 
small deflection due to the diagonal should have no measurable effect. On the 
other hand, Bob May's experience with cracking...

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Michael Lindner
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References:
- [ATM] Schmidt Corrector Thickness
  - From: aneves at snowsoft.biz (Alfredo Rainho Neves)

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