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1 July 1990 Liquid mirrors: a progress report
Ermanno F. Borra, Robert Content, Mark R. Drinkwater, Luc Girard, Louise Tremblay, Stan Szapiel, Brad K. Gibson, Paul Hickson, Christopher L. Morbey
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Abstract
Since liquid mirrors are potentially useful in science (e.g., astronomy, atmospheric sciences, and optical testing), work has been undertaken to determine whether they are technologically feasible. A testing tower has been equipped with a scatterplate interferometer interfaced with a CCD for data acquisition and a microcomputer for data analysis. This equipment was used to test a 1.5-m-diameter f/2 liquid mirror, showing that it is diffraction limited; interferometric measurements give Strehl ratios of order 0.8. A 2.7-m-diameter liquid mirror and astronomical observatory presently under construction is briefly described.
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Ermanno F. Borra, Robert Content, Mark R. Drinkwater, Luc Girard, Louise Tremblay, Stan Szapiel, Brad K. Gibson, Paul Hickson, and Christopher L. Morbey "Liquid mirrors: a progress report", Proc. SPIE 1236, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes IV, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19199
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KEYWORDS
Mirrors

Liquids

Mercury

Point spread functions

Astronomy

Optical telescopes

Charge-coupled devices

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