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