Rubin Observatory's newly coated mirror will reflect the ever-changing universe with unparalleled completeness
May 03, 2024
May 03, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 3 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release:
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a research facility under construction in Chile and funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, achieved a major milestone on April 27, 2024, with the successful coating of its largest mirror with silver. The now-reflective 8.4-meter primary-tertiary mirror -- about as wide as a tennis court -- is so . . .
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a research facility under construction in Chile and funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, achieved a major milestone on April 27, 2024, with the successful coating of its largest mirror with silver. The now-reflective 8.4-meter primary-tertiary mirror -- about as wide as a tennis court -- is so . . .