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Optical Tests of a 3.7-m diameter Liquid Mirror: Behavior under External Perturbations
Gregoire Tremblay, Ermanno F. Borra
We have built and tested a 3.7-m diameter liquid mirror that rotates on a ball bearing. We have carried out extensive optical tests. We find that although the ball bearing has a po…
astro-ph2001★ 3 cited
Astronomical Research with Liquid Mirror Telescopes
Ermanno F. Borra
Liquid mirror telescopes are of interest to Astronomy because of their very low capital and operating costs. Low cost has a potentially revolutionary impact since it allows one to…
astro-ph2001
Strip Searching for Supernovae
Ermanno F. Borra
The survey of a strip of sky carried out with a zenith-observing 4-m liquid mirror can discover and observe several thousand supernovae/year to z = 1, making it quite competitive w…