Problems with SALT
3 May 2010, 20:11 UTC
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SciAm online has a short article discussing SALT's (Southern African Large Telescope) ongoing problems with spherical aberration: "Southern Hemisphere's Largest Telescope Hamstrung by Optical Problems" by Bruce Dorminey.[Image: SALT's 11 meter diameter segmented primary mirror. From the SALT website telescope overview.]
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