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small mirror quality vs big mirror quality

Started by ddrake, 02/27/2006 02:46AM
Posted 02/27/2006 02:46AM Opening Post
I've noticed over the years that a good % of 8-inch and smaller mirrors often tend to have good star tests and that the bigger mirrors tend to show more questionable star test patterns. Is there a general trend for bigger mirrors to not have quite the same quality or strehl as the smaller mirrors? Certainly the bigger mirrors are considrably more challenging to make but the question still remains.....