Monday, May 03, 2010

Problems with SALT

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SciAm online has a short article discussing SALT's (Southern African Large Telescope) ongoing problems with spherical aberration: "Southern Hemisphere's Largest Telescope Hamstrung by Optical Problems" by Bruce Dorminey.

[Image: SALT's 11 meter diameter segmented primary mirror. From the SALT website telescope overview.]

Posted by Dave Strickland at 5/03/2010 04:00:00 PM

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