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ESO and Schott sign contract for world's largest mirror blanks. After a period of intense negotiation, the European Southern Observatory and Schott Glaswerke, Mainz (F.R.

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Deutsch: ESO und Schott unterzeichnen einen Vertrag für die größten Teleskop-Spiegelrohlinge der Welt. Nach intensiven Verhandlungen haben die Europäische Südsternwarte und die Schott Glaswerke, Mainz, eine Vereinbarung über die Lieferung von vier riesigen Spiegelrohlingen für das Very Large Telescope (VLT) der ESO getroffen. Die Rohlinge werden aus Zerodur, einem Glaskeramikmaterial, hergestellt. Sie werden jeweils einen Durchmesser von 8,2 Metern, eine Fläche von mehr als 50 Quadratmetern und eine Dicke von nur 17,5 Zentimetern haben. Übersetzt mit DeepL.com (kostenlose Version)
English: ESO and Schott sign contract for world's largest mirror blanks. After a period of intense negotiation, the European Southern Observatory and Schott Glaswerke, Mainz (F.R.Germany) reached agreement about the delivery of four giant mirror blanks for the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). The blanks will be made of Zerodur, a glass ceramic material. Each will have a diameter of 8.2 metres, an area of more than 50 square metres and a thickness of only 17.5 centimetres.
Date 12 September 1988 (upload date)
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