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Coating of Primary Mirror


Date: 26 September 2004
Satellite: Herschel
Depicts: Primary Mirror
Copyright: EADS Astrium/ P. Dumas

The Herschel telescope's primary mirror is inspected after it received its thin aluminium coating, which is the working surface of the telescope, in the vacuum chamber at Calar Alto Observatory, Spain.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
13-Mar-2026 08:12 UT

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