--- In DFAC-QN@yahoogroups.com, "Loucks, Scott" <loucksscott@...>
wrote:
>
> For those who might actually be reading this mail list, I read this
off
> of Sky/Tel's weekly bulletin and found it pretty interesting.
>
>
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/34085109.htm
l
>
> One question came to my mind regarding forming the parabolic shape
is
> how will this hold up to common vibration from whatever source you
can
> imagine? I guess in an enclosed observatory with and an isolated
mount
> this may not be problem but field conditions that amateurs typically
> endure might make the ferrofluid mirror impractical unless the
magnetic
> field is strong enough to buffer any vibrations from stirring up the
> fluid.
>
> -Scott
>
Some of us will read anything.

Ron