[ATM] How dark is dark?

[Jack Swaton @ Starry Host]

Suppose you had a priceless OTA that Galileo himself built and only one
chance to paint it. The interior is very rough (since the wood of this
priceless OTA is made from Swedish engineered birch flooring and the
backside is rough cut). Would you have enough faith in the evidence to paint
it glossy?

Jack Galileo Swaton

;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: atm-bounces at atmlist.net [mailto:atm-bounces at atmlist.net] On Behalf Of
Nils Olof Carlin
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 5:40 AM
To: cnc at cncservo.co.uk; atm at atmlist.net
Subject: Re: [ATM] How dark is dark?


Richard makes some rather remarkable statements:

>
> JSSH> What say you...matte or glossy?
>
> Don't be silly - matt of course.
>
>   
> h> MatteWILL reflect more light.
>
> Where is the eveidence?
>
>h> It will just be more scattered.
>
> Yes. That is a good thing.

Makes me wonder - What has silliness to do with it?
And IIRC Ken presented the evidence. If you still doubt, any of you 
can try one half each of the tube and see for yourself. And why would 
more scattered be good? I wouldn't think more scattered into the EP (or 
CCD) would be better.

Then again, the original question could perhaps be re-formulated. What 
to do to minimize unwanted light entering the detector via the OTA? 
perhaps.

N O


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