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Object NameHexagon-shaped Section of a Large ULE (TM) Mirror Blank

Manufacturer Corning Inc.

Made FromSilica Glass

Dateabout 1996

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueFused

SizeOverall H: 85 cm, Th: 4.2 cm; Point to Point L: 99 cm

Accession Number99.8.64

Credit LineGift of Corning Inc., Advanced Materials Business

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewGlass Innovation Center. Optics Gallery.

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Most large telescope mirrors are assembled from smaller "hexes."

Physical DescriptionHexagon-shaped Section of a Large ULE (TM) Mirror Blank. Colorless fused silica glass with translucent inner panels. Overall hexagon shape with triangular of colorless (outside panels) and translucent (inside panels) making hex pattern throughout piece.
Provenance

Source Corning Inc. - 1996-1999