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Old 03-08-11, 09:14 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
No, because a coarse parabolic mirror has already de-parallelized and almost-concentrated the light.

If the mirrors are mounted on a flat surface, that wouldn't seem to add
up to being a parabolic reflector.

I found some pics of mirror arrays..

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