Airborne particulate matter (dust) is a major contaminant of telescope optics. In support of an initiative to study a large reflecting coronagraph, a project to monitor airborne dust and its deposition on mirror surfaces is underway.
Recent results of the airborne dust experiment.
Recent results of the surface dust experiment.
Draft of a paper describing the first results of the dust experiments.
Postscript version of the paper WITH figures.
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Last updated January 8, 2003.