Rubin’s 8.4-meter Primary/tertiary Mirror with Reflective Coating
Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary mirror was coated with protected silver in April 2024. The reflective coating was applied using the observatory’s onsite coating chamber, which will also be used to re-coat the mirror as necessary during Rubin’s 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
Credit:Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA
About the Image
| Id: | noirlab2411a |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | April 30, 2024, 11 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2411 |
| Size: | 4928 x 3264 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Buildings Vera C. Rubin Observatory |
