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25 August 2005 Progress toward a third Gemini M2 mirror
Roland Geyl, Eric Ruch, Serge Primet, Giles Chaussat
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Abstract
This paper is intended to give a report after the successful lightweighting of a mirror substrate dedicated to become a third spare secondary mirror for the Gemini 8-m telescopes installed one in Chili and one Hawaii.
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Roland Geyl, Eric Ruch, Serge Primet, and Giles Chaussat "Progress toward a third Gemini M2 mirror", Proc. SPIE 5869, Optical Manufacturing and Testing VI, 586901 (25 August 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.621500
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Cited by 4 scholarly publications and 3 patents.
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KEYWORDS
Mirrors

Gemini Observatory

Telescopes

Manufacturing

Etching

Polishing

Glasses

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