Re: [ATM] Program (similar to PLOP) to aid support design ofsecondarymirrors.

["Mel Bartels" <mbartels@bbastrodesigns.com>]

> Considering the surprises (?), greater understanding (?) and advances made
> in supporting primary mirrors that PLOP and similar programs have made, I
> wonder if the secondary and its support are suffering as badly and the
> primary mirrors were. Has anyone looked seriously at this concern? If so,
> what were the concusions? What programs were used...etc.


Everytime we look through our scopes and star test them, we are considering 
the secondary and its support.  However, historically, secondary support has 
not been an issue until the secondary size reaches 5 inches [12cm] in size.

Mel Bartels 

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