[ATM] additional lurie-houghton degrees of freedom

Richard cnc at cncservo.co.uk
Thu Sep 21 07:05:50 JST 2006


Hi vladimir,

Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 8:12:18 PM, you wrote:

vs> Using "aplantic" radii, and all else equal, for Guy's system,
vs> only with the mirror radius changed to R=-80" (-2000mm), 
vs> results in spherical aberration...

80" differs from 2000mm by over 1%. You can't just throw away
digits with this stuff, it can cause big errors.

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Best regards,
  Richard in the UK



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