Coating of Rubin’s 8.4-meter Primary/tertiary Mirror Timelapse (English)

This timelapse video, taken through a viewing window in Rubin Observatory’s onsite coating chamber, shows the process of coating Rubin’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary mirror with protected silver in April 2024.

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Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA

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Id:noirlab2411a
Release date:April 30, 2024, 11 a.m.
Related releases:noirlab2411
Duration:01 m 51 s
Frame rate:29.97

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