Cophasing
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Cophasing
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In astronomy, the term cophasing or phasing describes the process of controlling the individual segments in a segmented mirror or a telescope so that the segments form a larger composite mirroring surface. Cophasing implies precise, active control of three degrees of freedom of each individual segment mirror: translation along the optical axis (piston) and rotation about two axes perpendicular to the optical axis (tip-tilt). Each segment of the segmented telescope is a solid body having 6 degree
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Segmented mirror/telescope-related individual segment-controlling process in astronomy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cophasing
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2023-01-28T23:25:46Z
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