File:ESO and Schott sign contract for world's largest mirror blanks (eso8808a).jpg
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English: ESO and Schott sign contract for world's largest mirror blanks. After a period of intense negotiation, the European Southern Observatory and Schott Glaswerke, Mainz (F.R.Germany) reached agreement about the delivery of four giant mirror blanks for the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). The blanks will be made of Zerodur, a glass ceramic material. Each will have a diameter of 8.2 metres, an area of more than 50 square metres and a thickness of only 17.5 centimetres. |
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JPEG file comment | ESO and Schott sign contract for world's largest mirror blanks. After a period of intense negotiation, the European Southern Observatory and Schott Glaswerke, Mainz (F.R.Germany) reached agreement about the delivery of four giant mirror blanks for the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). The blanks will be made of Zerodur, a glass ceramic material. Each will have a diameter of 8.2 metres, an area of more than 50 square metres and a thickness of only 17.5 centimetres. |
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, , D-85748 Germany |
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