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After a recall of the constraints in the construction of new large telescopes and of the shape of mirrors and associated aberrations, one addresses methods of polishing as dwell time, and bend and polish ones.
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Parks, R.E. (2006). OPTICAL FABRICATION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OPTICAL TELESCOPES, TERRESTRIAL AND SPACE. In: Foy, R., Foy, F. (eds) Optics in Astrophysics. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 198. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3437-7_08
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