KPNO 1.3-meter primary mirror

KPNO 1.3-meter primary mirror

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Polishing of the 50-inch mirror in 1961. The 1.3-meter telescope was closed in 1995 for budgetary reasons and was refurbished in 2001 by a university consortium.

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