The Steward Observatory Mirror Lab recently completed polishing a $23 million, 8.4-meter (27.5 feet) diameter mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). It is the first of eight giant mirrors that ...
The University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory is about to cast a new kind of giant optic for a unique wide-field survey telescope, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. The ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Construction is underway on a next-generation optical telescope, up to 200 times more powerful than the best telescopes used today. The Giant Magellan Telescope's seven mirrors ...
After a meandering five-day, 2,500-mile cross-country wide-load trip, hoist and rigging crews had just three inches to spare as they delicately lowered a 25,000-pound crate containing the mirror blank ...
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