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Old 24-05-2017, 01:03 PM
julianh72 (Julian)
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Interestingly, the 4.2 metre secondary mirror is significantly bigger than the segments making up the primary (they're "only" 1.4 metres across - but there are a LOT of them - 798, to be precise).
https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/elt/elt_num/
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