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I think while the smaller mirror here is Zerodur, the larger one is just borosilicate, https://astro.arizona.edu/news/rubin-observatory-achieves-another-major-
by perihelions 1y ago
I think while the smaller mirror here is Zerodur, the larger one is just borosilicate,
https://astro.arizona.edu/news/rubin-observatory-achieves-another-major-milestone-reflective-coating-84-meter-primarytertiary https://astro.arizona.edu/news/rubin-observatory-achieves-an...
- IAmBroom 1y agoThat would be an odd choice. A large glass mirror once cracked because they "only" allowed one year for it to cool. The second one was allotted three years.