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Object NameHexagon-shaped Lightweight Mirror Blank

Manufacturer Corning Inc.

Made FromSilica Glass

Dateabout 1960-1969

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Canton

SizeOverall H: 78.4 cm, W: 68.1 cm, D: 11 cm

Accession Number99.8.65

Credit LineGift of Corning Inc., Advanced Materials Business

Curatorial Area(s)

Science and Technology
Postwar and Contemporary

On ViewGlass Innovation Center. Optics Gallery.

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This type of mirror blank was used in an infra-red space-based telescope.

Physical DescriptionHexagon-shaped Lightweight Mirror Blank. Colorless fused silica glass with translucent inner panels. Convex shape; the vertical inner glass panels have four circular holes each.
Provenance

Source Corning Inc. - 1960-1999

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