GMT Mirror Undergoing Polishing (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

GMT Mirror Undergoing Polishing

Caption

The GMT's first 8.4-meter (27 feet) primary mirror segment is undergoing polishing at the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab.

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SOML/UArizona

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