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- Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute
- Date: Sunday, 22 Nov 1992 15:27:41 EST
- From: <LABBEY@GTRI01.GATECH.EDU>
- Message-ID: <92327.152741LABBEY@GTRI01.GATECH.EDU>
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Re: Prism Diagonals vs. Mirror Diagonals
- References: <1992Nov17.202457.10444@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
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- Prisms are not really ideal for this purpose. They are FAR more expensive.
- A 1" prism of the same quality as a $25 first surface mirror would cost over
- $200. Remember, there are three surfaces to be figured, and about an inch
- of glass which must be perfect. The cost of the glass alone would exceed the
- cost of the first surface mirror.
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- To the best of my knowledge, there is no source of high quality prisms for
- this purpose.
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- Leonard Abbey, F.R.A.S.
- Georgia Tech Research Institute
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- labbey@gtri01.gatech.edu
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