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from: lifedata{at}vol.com
date: 2003-04-06 13:54:02
subject: Re: ATM How Good Does a Diagonal Need to Be?

From: lifedata{at}vol.com
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>The Quality of the diagonal, if it is located at the objective(
>mirror), needs to be the 'same' as the main mirror tolerance. This
>tolerance is reduced to the same as the focus tolerance at focal plane.

It seems to me that a given surface error near the focal plane would effect
a greater "percentage" of the total image, therefore have a
greater effect.  What's wrong with this logic?

Jim L

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