is still a flat mirror, but the shape is cut into an oval, and the outer circle and the mirror into a 45 ° angle. When the

Elliptical mirrors are typically used at 45° where a circular cross section of a given size is asked for. Our stock range of elliptical mirrors are machined from standard sheets of enhanced aluminium giving 94% reflectivity for visible applications. Generally elliptical mirrors are used as secondary mirrors in Newton telescopes or mounting in a tube where maximum aperture is required such as in perescopes.

Enhanced aluminium/ visible use (MV1)

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