Public outreach

The LMT didactical experiment:

didac30A gramophone with a turntable of 20 cm in diameter may provide us with a perfect liquid mirror characterized by a focal ratio f /D ~ 2, a very acceptable value for an astronomical mirror. A focal length of approximately 40 cm is obtained for a value of the angular velocity of 33 turns per minute …
A pdf file describing the Liquid Mirror Telescope simulation

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