Gemini South primary mirror prep (shutdown & re-coating)

The primary mirror is prepped with paper towels for stripping prior to recoating in protected silver during the 2010 Gemini South engineering shutdown.

Credit:

International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab/AURA/J. Pollard

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Id:noirlab-mg-2568
Type:Photographic
Release date:July 19, 2020, 1:32 a.m.
Size:2912 x 4368 px

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