Polishing an 8m Mirror

My friend Dean Ketelsen has posted another great bit of video from the Steward Mirror Lab where he works. This time it is time lapse of polishing one of the eight meter GMT mirrors.

Somehow the video does not do justice to the sheer size of an eight meter mirror, it looks smaller than it really is. Be sure to read his description for all of the technical details.

Author: Andrew

An electrical engineer, amateur astronomer, and diver, living and working on the island of Hawaiʻi.

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