Monday, October 4, 2010

Palomar History Photo of the Week: October 4, 2010

Sixty three years ago this week Caltech announced that the job of polishing the 200-inch mirror had been completed. The lead optician on the project was Marcus Brown. Brown celebrated the conclusion of his work be signing the glass:

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Anonymous said...

Ummm, I thought scratching the glass was a bad thing to do?

October 11, 2010 at 9:43 PM

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