Making a High-Aperture Varifocal Membrane Reflector Telescope

Making a High-Aperture Varifocal Membrane Reflector Telescope

Our project proposes a new and innovative way of manufacturing reflector telescopes, instead of using the traditional method, where a glass cylinder has to be ground to a concave, we use a thin 2mm membrane with a mirrored side, by varying the pressure difference between the opposite sides of the membrane, we can effectively adjust the focal length, therefore making this telescope, varifocal. We also incorporated elements of adaptive optics, which up to this point were only used for large observatories, we use these elements to give the membrane a perfect parabolic profile.

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    Participant(s)

    Anastasia Bolkvadze
    Irakli Veshapeli

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    Country

    Georgia

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    Category

    Physics

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