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    secondary mirror (or secondary) is the second deflecting or focusing mirror element in a reflecting telescope. Light gathered by the primary mirror is...
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    39.3-metre-diameter (130-foot) segmented primary mirror and a 4.2 m (14 ft) diameter secondary mirror. The telescope will be supported by adaptive optics...
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  • Mirror". This page and mirror are available over IPv4 and IPv6 and accessible over HTTP, HTTPS and Rsync "Debian worldwide mirror sites". A secondary...
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    of the primary mirrors have been cast, the first of seven adaptive secondary mirrors are underway, and manufacturing of the telescope mount is underway...
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    directly at the vertex of the secondary mirror, then the Schmidt plate would lie on top of the paraboloid secondary mirror. Therefore, the Schmidt plate...
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    designs have a secondary mirror, film holder, or detector near that focal point partially obstructing the light from reaching the primary mirror. Not only...
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    Cassegrain reflector is a combination of a primary concave mirror and a secondary convex mirror, often used in optical telescopes and radio antennas, the...
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    A mirror, also known as a looking glass, is an object that reflects an image. Light that bounces off a mirror will show an image of whatever is in front...
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    Telescope: Secondary Mirror Deployment – Mission Control Live SECONDARY MIRROR (087:15; 05 Jan 2022) ⇒ James Webb Space Telescope: Primary Mirror Deployment...
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    the Cassegrain telescope that has a hyperbolic primary mirror and a hyperbolic secondary mirror designed to eliminate off-axis optical errors (coma). The...
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