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Casting a $20 Million Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope
On Saturday, 8 September 2018 01:04:15 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2f4zepwcy8 Building a mirror for any giant telescope is no simple feat. The sheer size of the glass, the nanometer precision of its curves, its carefully calculated optics, and the adaptive software required to run it make this a task of herculean proportions. But the recent castings of the 15-metric ton, off-axis mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope forced engineers to push the design and manufacturing process beyond all previous limits. Will be fun to see the Moon and it's craters in it! (o: "Nanometer precision of its curves?" Really? The curves are accurate to one billionth of a meter?? |
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