Spin-casting furnace at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Spin-casting furnace at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab

Caption

The rotating furnace used to make light-weight, advanced telescope mirrors is located underneath of the stands of University of Arizona's football stadium. In this image, the oven's 33-foot diameter lid is about to be lowered to ready the furnace for casting of GMT mirror number 5 in 2017.

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Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope - GMTO Corporation

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