Recoating the Hale mirror

[mbo (Pat and Kirk)]

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? :-)

[renormalised (Carl)]

Wouldn't surprise me if they did

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

A very good book.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Bit of a shame it end abruptly - any idea of there are more videos?

DT

[mbo (Pat and Kirk)]

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

Bit of a shame it end abruptly - any idea of there are more videos?
DT

You're right, this one has a (tiny) bit more in the end.
I'll correct the original post.

[gary]

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.

[RobF (Rob)]

Wow. Great video. Thanks!