Delivery of the VLT Schott mirror, 1993
The first test run for the manufacture of mirror blanks in the 8-metre class was successfully performed at the Schott Glaswerke (Mainz, Germany) in early 1991. Completely new manufacturing techniques had to be developed in order to produce blanks of this size, a process never attempted before.
This mirror is now in use in the VLT.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | 93-schott-mirror-deliv |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 21 February 2013, 11:13 |
| Size: | 2500 x 2380 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Mirror |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | Paranal |
