Making Mirrors to Survey Distant Galaxies (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Making Mirrors to Survey Distant Galaxies

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Martin Valente (right), director of the Optical Fabrication and Engineering Facility at the College of Optical Sciences, and Optician Colton Noble discuss the finishing touches of one of the mirrors to be used in the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment, or HETDEX.

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Daniel Stolte, University Communications

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