Researchers with the CAS Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics show a silicon carbide (SiC) single mirror blank with a record-breaking diameter of 4.03m, which has passed the testing process for project acceptance, in Changchun City, Northeast China’s Jilin Province, Aug. 21, 2018. The mirror blank is a vital component for creating a large-scale telescope, and the bigger it is the more capable it is of detecting visible light bands. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
Researchers with the CAS Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics show a silicon carbide (SiC) single mirror blank with a record-breaking diameter of 4.03m, which has passed the testing process for project acceptance, in Changchun City, Northeast China’s Jilin Province, Aug. 21, 2018. The mirror blank is a vital component for creating a large-scale telescope, and the bigger it is the more capable it is of detecting visible light bands. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
Researchers with the CAS Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics show a silicon carbide (SiC) single mirror blank with a record-breaking diameter of 4.03m, which has passed the testing process for project acceptance, in Changchun City, Northeast China’s Jilin Province, Aug. 21, 2018. The mirror blank is a vital component for creating a large-scale telescope, and the bigger it is the more capable it is of detecting visible light bands. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
Researchers with the CAS Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics pose for a photo after a silicon carbide (SiC) single mirror blank with a diameter of 4.03 m was given the OK for project use in Changchun City, Northeast China’s Jilin Province, Aug. 21, 2018. The mirror blank is a vital component for creating a large-scale telescope, and the bigger it is the more capable it is of detecting visible light bands. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
A researcher with the CAS Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics shows the production process of a silicon carbide (SiC) single mirror blank with a diameter of 3m in Changchun City, Northeast China’s Jilin Province, Aug. 21, 2018. The mirror blank is a vital component for creating a large-scale telescope, and the bigger it is the more capable it is of detecting visible light bands. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
A view of the devices used to make a silicon carbide (SiC) single mirror blank with a diameter of 4.03m at the CAS Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics in Changchun City, Northeast China’s Jilin Province, Aug. 21, 2018. The mirror blank is a vital component for creating a large-scale telescope, and the bigger it is the more capable it is of detecting visible light bands. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
