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Friday, May 11, 2012
Washing One of Gemini's 8-meter Mirrors
It takes careful work to wash a telescope mirror, especially one that is 8.1 meters across and still installed in its telescope. Here is a cool video that shows off the process as it is done for the
Gemini
South telescope.
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