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🔭 Segmented Telescope Mirror: Piston Error, Strehl Ratio and Diffraction Image (2D top view)

Top view of an 18-segment hexagonal telescope mirror with an adjustable piston error. See each segment coloured by its height error and the resulting image of a point source computed from the segment phases. Aperture, wavelength and piston scale follow the 3D lab, with four in-page numerical checks on the Airy limit and the Strehl ratio.

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Segmented Telescope Mirror: Piston Error, Strehl Ratio and Diffraction Image (2D top view) ↗ Open standalone
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Top view of an 18-segment hexagonal telescope mirror with an adjustable piston error. See each segment coloured by its height error and the resulting image of a point source computed from the segment phases. Aperture, wavelength and piston scale follow the 3D lab, with four in-page numerical checks on the Airy limit and the Strehl ratio.

segmented mirrorStrehl ratiodiffraction limitpiston errorpoint spread function

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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