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LSST: September 2008
Primary (M1)and tertiary (M3) mirrors were cast as a single 8.4-m blank. The inner part will become a 5-m f/0.8 tertiary mirror, while the outer part 5.0 to 8.4-m diameter will be an f/1.25 primary mirror. LSST will be located on Cerro Pachon, Chile.
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SOML Fold Sphere: August 2006
3.8-m f/3.4 Fold-Sphere for Mirror Lab optical test tower. It will be used in testing the six 8.4-m off-axis paraboloid mirrors of the GMT (Giant Magellan Telescope).
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GMT-1: May 2005
First 8.4-m off-axis paraboloid for the Giant Magellan Telescope, to be located at Las Campanas, Chile. The equivalent circular aperture with seven 8.4-m mirrors will be 21.5 m, f/0.7. Shown here the installation of ~1700 alumina-silica cores is nearing completion.
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LMC: April 2002
Fourth 6.5-m f/1.25 mirror for optical testing at Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunny Vale, California.
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LBT-2: May 2000
The second of two 8.4-m f/1.14 mirrors was cast for the Large Binocular Telescope, Mount Graham, Arizona.
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Magellan 2: September 1998
The second of two 6.5-m f/1.25 mirrors was cast for the Magellan Project Telescopes, Las Campanas, Chile. Partners include: Carnegie, Arizona, Harvard, Michigan, and MIT.
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LBT-1: January 1997
The first of two 8.4-m f/1.14 mirrors was
cast for the Large Binocular Telescope, Mount Graham, Arizona. This
casting is the first of a series of 8-meter mirrors made at the Mirror Lab.
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Magellan 1: January 1994
6.5-m f/1.25 mirror was cast for the
Magellan Project in Chile, a collaboration of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington and the University of Arizona.
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MMT: April 1992
6.5-m f/1.25 mirror was cast in the newly
expanded furnace for the UA/Smithsonian Multiple Mirror Telescope at Mount
Hopkins, Arizona
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USAF: June 1989
3.5-m f/1.5 mirror was cast for the Star Fire Optical Test Range , at the USAF Phillips Laboratory, New Mexico.
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WIYN: December 1988
3.5-m f/1.75 mirror was cast for the
Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO (WIYN) Telescope, Kitt Peak, Arizona
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ARC: April 1988
3.5-m f/1.75 mirror was cast for the
Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) Telescope, Apache Point, New
Mexico
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SAO: November 1987
1.2-m f/1.9 mirror was cast in the first
full-scale rotating furnace in the new Mirror Lab facility underneath
Arizona Stadium. Used for a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
telescope as Mount Hopkins
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VATT: March 1985
1.8-m f/1 mirror was cast in a small
prototype, rotating furnace, for the Vatican Advanced Technology
Telescope, Mount Graham
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NOAO: August 1983
1.8-meter f/2.7 mirror was cast in an
experimental, non-rotating furnace for National Optical
Astronomy Observatory. Used for thermal expansion tests.
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Calgary: April 1983
1.8-m f/2.7 mirror was cast in an
experimental, non-rotating furnace for the University of Calgary, Canada
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