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ITEM REFERENCE2056
PERMANENT LINKhttps://astro.ing.iac.es/outreach/?2056
EXTACCESSyes
COLLECTIONPhoto archive
TITLEWHT mirror cell
KEYWORDSING;WHT - telescope
DATE2024-11-26
DESCRIPTIONThe 4.2m mirror cell and support systems showing tge array of pneumatic cylinders with (smaller) spring loaded rest pads. Extracted from A. Boksenberg, 1985, The William Herschel Telescope, Vistas in Astronomy, 28, 535.
CREDITRGO
TELESCOPEWHT
RELATED URLhttps://www.ing.iac.es/PR/wht_info/whtoptics.html
THUMB_200
https://www.ing.iac.es/PR/archive/wht/wht_mirror_support_200.png
THUMB_600https://www.ing.iac.es/PR/archive/wht/wht_mirror_support_600.png
AVAILABLE FILESPNG (1.5M) 1200×839 pixels
TIMESTAMP2024-11-26 12:43:11
USAGE
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