GMT mirror support structure (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

GMT mirror support structure

Caption

Suspended by suction cups, one of the Giant Magellan Telescope's seven primary mirror segments is hoisted onto its support structure by a crane at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab.

Credit

Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation

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