On the road again

The world's largest primary mirror for an optical-infrared telescope heads for the top of the 4,200-meter Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island on Oct. 5, continuing a trip that began in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 8.2-meter-wide, 20-centimeter-thick mirror will be installed in the ''Subaru'' telescope being built by Japan's National Astronomical Observatory.

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