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What is a grazing telescope?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

X-rays mirrors can be built, but only if the angle from the plane of reflection is very low (typically 10 arc-minutes to 2 degrees). These are called glancing (or grazing) incidence mirrors. In 1952, Hans Wolter outlined three ways a telescope could be built using only this kind of mirror. Not surprisingly, these are called Wolter telescopes of type I, II, and III. Each has different advantages and disadvantages.

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