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Article #2443Re: Liquid mirrors (was Re: Rotating Bucket of Water ...)
From: Eugen Raicu
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 05:41
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 05:41
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m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White) writes: : Emory F. Bunn writes: : >these [liquid mirror] telescopes are not pointable, which is a problem. : > On the other hand, neither is the Arecibo radio dish : : Ummm.... I think it is. If memory serves, the feed horn is movable over : quite a wide range, allowing the beam to be offset from center by : a considerable angle. Why not do the same thing with the liquid telescopes? -- Eugen Raicu raicu@netcom.com
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