Liquid-mirror telescope
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liquid-mirror-telescope-210-3545455
title:
Liquid-mirror telescope
text:
Liquid-mirror telescopes are telescopes with mirrors made with a reflective liquid. The most common liquid used is mercury, but other liquids will work as well. The liquid and its container are rotated at a constant speed around a vertical axis, which causes the surface of the liquid to assume a paraboloidal shape. This parabolic reflector can serve as the primary mirror of a reflecting telescope. The rotating liquid assumes the same surface shape regardless of the container's shape; to reduce t
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encyclopedia
description:
Telescope whose mirror is a reflective liquid
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-mirror_telescope
date created:
2005-12-02T09:39:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T19:31:00Z
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