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23-FEB-2011

Zygo report for 12" F4 "Ultra" grade mirror in AG12

The mirror is made from low expansion Supramax glass from Schott in Germany which has
the same thermal expansion properties as the more well known Pyrex = 3.25 X 10-6/K.
With a Strehl value of 0.991 this mirror has a Peak to Valley (PV) wavefront error
of slightly better than 1/10th wave with an RMS error in this wavefront of just
1/66th wave and only 1/100 wave of astigmatism present - I think that's pretty good.
The mirror has a 97% reflective HiLux coating that is predicted to last 25yrs.

The Wynne corrector has a reducing power of 0.95 making the final scope speed F3.8

The 110mm secondary flat is produced to the same standard as the primary ie 1/10th wave.

Please email me with any questions: m.sidonio@bigpond.com


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