[AZ-Observing] Re: Mirror Casting Event for the Giant Magellan Telescope
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- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, TAAA Forum <taaaforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 7:56:15 -0500
There's an article on it in today's Repulsive:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/01/05/20120105ua-giant-telescope-project-advances.html
Rick
---- Victor Herrero <hubbleed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mirror Casting Event for the Giant Magellan Telescope
> On January 14, 2012, the second 8.4-meter (27.6 ft) diameter mirror for the
> Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will be cast inside a rotating furnace at
> the UA’s Steward Observatory Mirror Lab underneath the campus football
> stadium. The Mirror Lab will host a special event to highlight this
> milestone in the creation of the optics for the Giant Magellan Telescope.
>
> More at:
> http://www.gmto.org/
> http://www.gmto.org/pressrelease05.html
>
> Regards
> Victor
>
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