[ATM] 80 cm dob

[Anthony Stillman]

...I intend a rubber mirror

Detailed articles describing wavefront sensory systems, feedback mechanisms, and deformation technology have appeared in the optical literature ("Applied Optics", "Optical Engineering",...).  There's an article, if I remember right, in a British Journal uhhh... "Measurement Science and Technology" that describes a bending mechanism's feedback instrumentality. It must have been the '90s, maybe late 80's.  The wavefront deformation mechanism was depicted but not well described. I have this glimmer of a memory that they were using a 6502.  There are some papers and a book that puts it all together, notable is "Adaptive Optics for Astronomical Telescopes" by "John W. Hardy"  It's not a how to manual but with a broad skill base (NERD!) there's enough in the book to get something started.

Anthony