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astro-ph1997
Astronomical Research with liquid mirror telescopes
E. F. Borra
I discuss the modalities of zenith observing with LMTs, their limitations and advantages. The main limitation comes from the relatively small regions of the sky that LMTs can acces…
astro-ph1997
Liquid Mirror Telescopes: A Review
E. F. Borra
I review the present status of liquid mirror telescopes. In a nutshell: LMTs do work and several have been built and used. Extensive interferometric tests of liquid mirrors (the la…