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Old 17-06-2008, 06:02 PM
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I'm afraid that aluminium is just not reflective enough for your needs. According to Sidgwick (Amateur Astronomers Handbook p111) Al has a reflectance of 89% in the uv, 88% in blue/green and 87% in red.
Geoff
PS: You could DYI and try silver like we used to do in the old days. Gets up to 96% in the red.

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