Casting the first 8.4 meter borosilicate honeycomb mirror for the large binocular telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3352, Issue , 1998, Pages 172-181

  Hill, J M ^a   Angel, J R P ^a   Lutz, R D ^a   Olbert, B H ^a   Strittmatter, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borosilicate; Honeycomb; Primary mirror; Telescope

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BINOCULARS; BOROSILICATE GLASS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL GLASS; POLISHING;

ALUMINOSILICATE FIBER; BINOCULAR TELESCOPE; BOROSILICATE HONEYCOMB MIRROR; MONOLITHIC GLASS TELESCOPE MIRROR;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0032404262     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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1. The large binocular telescope project
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7. Fracture of an aluminosilicate fiberboard
8. Handling up to 20 tons of honeycomb mirror with a very gentle touch