Preliminary study for my 14" f/5 scope: The Mirror Cell - summary of PLOP simulations (2)

After a first preliminary round of simulations for my 14" f/5 project, I narrowed down the search and used some extra features of PLOP to assist in selecting the cell I want to build. This time the search was limited to cells with at most 9 support points. The results from the first round of simulations were confermed by this second round.

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. If you have a Gravatar account associated with the e-mail address you provide, it will be used to display your avatar.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

By submitting this form, you accept the Mollom privacy policy.
      6 points 7 points 8 points 9 points
Central obstruction (mm) Load distribution   1 + 5 6 1 + 6 1 + 7 8 1 + 8 (a) 1 + 8 (b) 3 + 6 (a) 3 + 6 (b)
0 Equal   8,42 3,73 4,64 2,86 3,03 2,06 2,06 6,44 6,44
Unequal   6,18   3,60 2,42   1,91 1,91 3,56 3,56
Rel F 18%   46% 67%   81% 81% 21% 21%
5 Equal   8,39 3,72 4,62 2,84 3,02 2,04 2,04 6,44 6,44
Unequal   6,18   3,59 2,41   1,90 1,90 3,56 3,56
Rel F 18%   47% 68%   82% 82% 21% 21%
10 Equal   8,37 3,72 4,60 2,82 3,02 2,02 2,02 6,44 6,44
Unequal   6,18   3,59 2,40   1,89 1,89 3,56 3,56
Rel F 18%   47% 68%   82% 82% 21% 21%
15 Equal   8,34 3,72 4,57 2,80 3,01 2,00 2,00 6,44 6,44
Unequal   6,19   3,59 2,40   1,88 1,88 3,56 3,56
Rel F 18%   47% 69%   83% 83% 21% 21%
20 Equal   8,29 3,71 4,53 2,76 3,00 1,97 1,97 6,45 6,45
Unequal   6,19   3,59 2,39   1,86 1,86 3,56 3,56
Rel F 18%   48% 69%   84% 84% 21% 21%
25 Equal   8,24 3,70 4,48 2,72 2,99 1,94 1,94 6,45 6,45
Unequal   6,20   3,59 2,38   1,85 1,85 3,56 3,56
Rel F 17%   48% 70%   85% 85% 21% 21%
30 Equal   8,18 3,69 4,43 2,68 2,97 1,90 1,90 6,45 6,45
Unequal   6,20   3,59 2,37   1,83 1,83 3,57 3,57
Rel F 17%   49% 72%   86% 86% 21% 21%
35 Equal   8,12 3,68 4,38 2,64 2,95 1,87 1,87 6,46 6,46
Unequal   6,21   3,60 2,36   1,81 1,81 3,57 3,57
Rel F 17%   49% 73%   88% 88% 21% 21%
40 Equal   8,05 3,67 4,32 2,59 2,93 1,84 1,84 6,46 6,46
Unequal   6,22   3,60 2,35   1,80 1,80 3,58 3,58
Rel F 16%   50% 74%   90% 90% 21% 21%
45 Equal   7,98 3,65 4,26 2,55 1,80 1,80 6,47 6,47 2,90
Unequal   6,23   3,60 2,34   1,78 1,78 3,58 3,58
Rel F 16%   51% 75%   92% 92% 21% 21%
50 Equal   7,92 3,64 4,22 2,51 2,88 1,78 1,78 6,47 6,47
Unequal   6,24   3,61 2,34   1,76 1,76 3,59 3,59
Rel F 15%   51% 77%   93% 93% 21% 21%
55 Equal   7,86 3,62 4,17 2,48 2,85 1,76 1,76 6,47 6,47
Unequal   6,25   3,61 2,33   1,75 1,75 3,60 3,60
Rel F 15%   52% 78%   95% 95% 21% 21%
60 Equal   7,79 3,60 4,12 2,44 2,81 1,73 1,73 6,47 6,47
Unequal   6,26   3,62 2,33   1,73 1,73 3,61 3,61
Rel F 14%   53% 80%   98% 98% 21% 21%
65 Equal   7,73 3,58 4,09 2,42 2,78 1,72 1,72 6,48 6,48
Unequal   6,28   3,63 2,33   1,72 1,72 3,62 3,62
Rel F 12%   53% 81%   100% 100% 21% 21%
70 Equal   7,68 3,56 4,06 2,40 2,74 1,71 1,71 6,47 6,47
Unequal   6,29   3,64 2,33   1,71 1,71 3,63 3,63
Rel F 11%   54% 83%   102% 102% 21% 21%
75 Equal   7,62 3,54 4,02 2,38 2,70 1,70 1,70 6,47 6,47
Unequal   6,30   3,65 2,32   1,70 1,70 3,64 3,64
Rel F 9%   54% 84%   104% 104% 22% 22%