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6.7 Meter Telescope To Capture 30 Terabytes Per Night

Oct 4th, 2008 · The Register has a story about the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a project to build a 6.7 meter effective-diameter ground-based telescope that will be used to map some of the faintest objects in the night sky. Jeff Kantor, the LSST Project Data Manager, …
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"Perfect" Mirrors Cast For LSST

Sep 3rd, 2008 · The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (which was partially funded by Gates & Co.) announced a world record casting for its single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blanks, cast at the University of Arizona. From the announcement: 'The Mirror Lab team …
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"Perfect" Mirrors Cast For LSST

Sep 2nd, 2008 · The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (which was partially funded by Gates & Co.) announced a world record casting for its single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blanks, cast at the University of Arizona. From the announcement: 'The Mirror Lab team …
see also: world · Gates · diameter · tertiary · University of Arizona · furnace · scaleRead