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    A segmented mirror is an array of smaller mirrors designed to act as segments of a single large curved mirror. The segments can be either spherical or...
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    primary mirrors have to sustain their own weight and not deform under gravity, which limits the maximum size for a single piece primary mirror. Segmented mirror...
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    it. Segmented mirror type of PIR Typical residential/commercial PID using an internal segmented mirror for focusing. Cover removed. Segmented mirror at...
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    furnaces. A segmented mirror, consisting of multiple flat or curved mirrors, properly placed and oriented, may be used instead. Mirrors that are intended...
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    other telescopes. Segmented mirrors are also referred to as mosaic mirrors. Single mirrors are also referred to monolithic mirrors, and can be sub-categorized...
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    segmented mirror telescopes. In 1932 Horn d'Arturo began to work on a new idea of combining small mirror tassels, to build a larger telescope mirror. ...
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    a segmented mirror, since there is no technology available to build and transport a monolithic 60- or 100-meter mirror. The operation of a segmented mirror...
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    spikes Images from telescopes with segmented mirrors also exhibit diffraction spikes due to diffraction from the mirrors' edges. As before, two spikes are...
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    optical aperture was increased to 10m. The mirror itself is composed of 91 hexagonal segments, a segmented mirror design like the Keck telescopes. Updates...
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    have a number of features in common, in particular the use of a segmented primary mirror (similar to the existing Keck telescopes), and the use of high-order...
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