Solar Cooker Dish Radio Telescope

Erecting the 150cm (1.5m) Solar Cooker Dish at LRO, and calculating its focal length 28/9/2024

Here is a photo of the dish erected at LRO:

Using Parabola Calculator 2 program (Parabola Calculator version 2.0 (tripod.com) https://mscir.tripod.com/parabola/), the dimensions and focal length of my solar cooker dish =

Linear Diam.       159.65

Diameter       150.00cm

Depth             24.00cm

Focal Length         58.59cm

f/D = 0.39

Volume               212057.50

FLength/Diam    00.39

Area                     17671.46

x  -75.00  y   24.00 

x  -65.63  y   18.38 

x  -56.25  y   13.50 

x  -46.88  y    9.38 

x  -37.50  y    6.00 

x  -28.13  y    3.38 

x  -18.75  y    1.50 

x   -9.38  y    0.37 

x    0.00  y    0.00 

x    9.38  y    0.37 

x   18.75  y    1.50 

x   28.13  y    3.38 

x   37.50  y    6.00 

x   46.88  y    9.38 

x   56.25  y   13.50 

x   65.63  y   18.38 

x   75.00  y   24.00 

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