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Originally Posted by mbo
I've Just finished reading 'First Light' by Richard Preston, it contained a lot of Hale Telescope history. Google led me to this ...
Re coating the Hale mirror
I wonder if any of the workers there sneak their own mirrors into the tank for a recoat? :-) |
When the 3.8m up at Sidings Springs is recoated in the vacuum chamber, sometimes
it is accompanied by some mirrors of smaller aperture.