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Do observatories usually have hundreds of pounds of mercury?
by yasp 8y ago
Do observatories usually have hundreds of pounds of mercury?
- theoctopus 8y agoSome observatories (including this one it seems) use liquid mercury as mirrors: https://sunspot.solar/about/ https://sunspot.solar/about/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_mirror_telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_mirror_telescope