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Old 22-02-2011, 07:46 PM
mbaddah (Mo)
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Originally Posted by michaellxv

The current size of premium home telescopes with a glass based would not be flexibile enough. So either the size of premium home telescopes must go up or a different base material is used which has the required ability to hold its shape and be flexible for the adaptive optics to work.
Good point Michael. Hopefully they do come up with a different base material to make it more feasible.

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Originally Posted by CraigS View Post

All you need is a 20 to 50 watt laser !
Cheers
lol that's perhaps enough to ruin everyones night vision on the observing field!

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Originally Posted by multiweb
Edmund Optics has deformable mirrors . Pretty dear still but the technology is available and will eventually become mainstream. I reckon in a decade or so anybody will be able to point and shoot out of the box.
That's awesome!
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