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Mirrors for Magellan

The University of Arizona is fabricating seven massive mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope. (7:31)
by Bryan Nelson

University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab at Steward Observatory leads the world in making large, lightweight mirrors for the next generation of giant optical telescopes. Currently, they are in the process of fabricating seven massive 8.4 meter mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), which promises to revolutionize our views of the cosmos with optics 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope.

Producer: Bryan Nelson
Editor: Bob Lindberg
Videographer: Bob Lindberg

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